Spaceflight 🚀Jul 6, 2023
#Forbes 📆 Jun 23, 2023 "#Amazon says half of the 3,236 #satellites 🛰️ will be up above us by 📆 2026" - but who will #launch 🚀 them ? 🤔 https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidphelan/2023/06/23/project-kuiper-how-amazon-will-drape-the-world-in-satellites/

• #BlueOrigin / #NewGlenn : no news / tests yet
• #Ariane 6 is years late (again)
• #ULA's #Vulcan is late, dependent on #BE4 engines
All three will be operative until 2025
7.4%
Microlaunchers
2.9%
SpaceX
36.8%
They need a miracle
52.9%
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Project Kuiper: How Amazon Will Drape The World In Satellites

Amazon is moving into the low-earth orbit satellite business, and those satellites will be coming thick and fast. Here’s what the company has to say about the project.

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Number of #Starlink #satellites 🛰️ launched until 📆 July 2023 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Starlink_and_Starshield_launches#Totals

Picture : https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Starlink_satellites_in_orbit_since_May_2019_(target_%3D_1440).svg

List of Starlink and Starshield launches - Wikipedia

Show threadMichael GemarJul 8, 2023
@spaceflight There is no way Amazon can match that cadence with the launchers it has contracted (that we know of). Even if SpaceX wanted to help, I don’t know if they have sufficient capacity themselves.
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@michaelgemar maybe if Amazon is willing to pay the Ariane price for a Falcon launch ? 🤔 https://techhub.social/@spaceflight/109625314033526191
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Attached: 1 image 📊 It currently costs a client more than $60 million 💵 to launch on a #SpaceX #Falcon 9 vehicle. In contrast, it costs some $170 million 💵 (€150 million) to launch a commercial #satellite on an #Ariane 5. #Arianespace intends to slash the #cost of launching the Ariane 6 by around 40 #percent (170x0,6 = $102 million 💵) https://www.ibtimes.com/arianespace-vs-spacex-ariane-6-rockets-will-be-40-cheaper-launch-2758492 #LaunchVehicle estimated #payload cost per kg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_launch_market_competition#2010-2020s:_Competition_and_pricing_pressure Picture : https://www.statista.com/chart/21904/estimated-cost-per-seat-on-selected-spacecraft #LaunchCost #RocketCompany

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