Welcome to edition 7.39 of Rocket Report! Have you gotten a boot fix? Buckle up. We are in the cusp of the rocket launch boom as three new MegaconStellations are just beginning or soon began deploying thousands of satellites to allow broadband connectivity from space. If MegaconStellations were to come, it would require more than 1,000 launches over the next few years, in addition to SpaceX’s fierce StarLink launch cadence. This week’s Rocket report covers the topics of MegaconStellations.
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So, what is Spinlaunch doing now? In its previous Rocket Report Newsletters, Ars Technica mentioned SpinLaunch, a company that literally wants to seduce satellites into space. The company managed to raise funds for the idea of a crazy battle to catapult rockets and satellites into the sky. But SpinLaunch is currently creating intense pivots on small satellites. This seems confused even after all the exercise firing and performances on that face. Some impressive hardware teststhrows projectiles at an altitude of up to 30,000 feet. ARS got a scoop. The company’s CEO details the reasons and plans to build a low-Earth orbit communication constellations with 280 satellites.
Traditional things and dynamics … The planned constellations named Meridian are opportunities for Spinlaunch to diversify away from the launch company alone. This was observed in many companies that began as rocket developers before diverging into satellite manufacturing or space services. Wrenn said Spinlaunch can loft all meridian satellites into a single large traditional rocket, or perhaps two medium-rift rockets, and maintain the constellations with its own unique motor launch system. Satellite communications networks offer better opportunities for profit, Ren said. “The launch market is relatively small compared to the economic potential of satellite communications,” he said. “In general, launches are more like cost centers than profit centers. SATCOM is a much larger part of the industry as a whole.”
