• zhunk@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    I think you’re right that a dedicated Falcon launch would be needed for getting something like a Northrop’s MEV out there, but if the spacecraft was “only” a smallsat with a few commercial arms on board, that might fit on a SpaceX rideshare for a lot less money.

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      1 year ago

      Geostationary usually doesn’t have too many rides shares if I’m not mistaken. Cost is the launch, not the unused capacity.

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        1 year ago

        I was picturing something boosting itself (or riding a tug) from a rideshare dropoff in LEO. The Transporter missions have all been to SSO, though, so that isn’t super helpful.

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          Suppose that could be an option. Would need to be big, though, to have enough propellant to get to GEO.