thedarkem03 t1_j14d2wt wrote
Reply to comment by ferrel_hadley in The European Vega-C rocket was lost shortly after lift-off from French Guiana on Tuesday with two Airbus satellites on board by DoremusJessup
>A6 struggling to gain customers
Actually, that's the opposite problem. A6 has a lot of customers but it its first launch date keeps getting delayed and it will struggle to keep up as far as manufacturing is concerned.
cjameshuff t1_j14zmvm wrote
They keep doing this to themselves, putting themselves into a position where they can't take advantage of an opportunity they didn't plan for. They ridiculed the idea of using reusable boosters because they wouldn't be able to keep the production lines busy at the 12 launches a year they planned to do.
ferrel_hadley t1_j17zlf6 wrote
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariane_6#Launch_contracts_and_scheduled_flights
Its all ESA other than Kuiper that went Arianespace and ULA despite the cost to snub SpaceX.
Reddit-runner t1_j14x97u wrote
Interesting. Where did you get this info from?
thedarkem03 t1_j14xva5 wrote
I work in the european space industry
Reddit-runner t1_j15nu6j wrote
.... that doesn't exactly answer my question.
toodroot t1_j15lx6l wrote
The Kuiper order is a huge opportunity and problem. A good problem, but a problem.
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