Comments on: The launch failure Thursday of a Russian Proton rocket is putting the squeeze on the commercial satellite industry. https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/the-launch-failure-thursday-of-a-russian-proton-rocket-is-putting-the-squeeze-on-the-commercial-satellite-industry/ Tue, 20 May 2014 17:48:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Kelly Starks https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/the-launch-failure-thursday-of-a-russian-proton-rocket-is-putting-the-squeeze-on-the-commercial-satellite-industry/#comment-168598 Tue, 20 May 2014 17:48:53 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=28568#comment-168598 >..I am told by launch industry experts that the launch industry doesn’t have sufficient demand or capacity for more launch companies….
>…This article above puts the lie to these claims. Not only is there plenty of demand, … In fact, satellite companies want to get their
> satellites into orbit and can’t because of a shortage of launch services….

That’s a rediculas statement Bob. There’s so few launches globally (generally only a couple dozen a year), half the worlds few launches locked up by local providers or bid by highly subsidized ones like Arianne (or SpaceX given their sttaements), and, and ITAR, and billions in upfrount costs to develop the launchers – its a fools game. Even when the recently ex-Soviets dumped launchers on the market for nearly 1/10th going rates the market didn’t surge much is at all. Hence why all the providers starved out.

Your assumption that you know better then dozens of old space and new space companies over the past few decades – and their stockholders, is more then a little presumptuous.

]]> By: Robert Clark https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/the-launch-failure-thursday-of-a-russian-proton-rocket-is-putting-the-squeeze-on-the-commercial-satellite-industry/#comment-168488 Mon, 19 May 2014 16:58:13 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=28568#comment-168488 Great point. The market will only get even larger with increases in the developing countries for HD TV sat comms and for satellite communication systems like the IRIDIUM expansion.

Bob Clark

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