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Originally Posted by GeorgeZimZam
Hopefully EchoStar's payload doesn't prove to be a waste of hundreds of millions of dollars, as ViaSat's was after their own recent Falcon Heavy Launch.
Northrup Grumman effed up big time on that ViaSat-3 satellite reflector:
Insurers brace for ViaSat-3 claim
ViaSat and EchoStar relying on SpaceX to launch their previous gen alternatives to Starlink is pretty funny though. Cost for a Falcon Heavy launch is about $100MM. ViaSat-3 was a fully expendable Falcon Heavy launch, while the upcoming EchoStar 24/Jupiter-3 launch will expend the booster only (the side boosters are set to be reused). |
"God help us. We're in the hands of engineers."
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I think the young people enjoy it when I "get down," verbally, don't you?
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