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Capella to use SpaceX for two Acadia satellite launches (spacenews.com)

submitted 2 years ago by burble to c/[email protected]

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[–] burble 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Uhoh Rocket Lab. The SpaceX Bandwagon launches seem ready to take even more smallsats from the tiny rockets.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Do you think they'll be able to pivot to Neutron in time to break into the medium-lift launch market?

[–] burble 1 points 2 years ago

I think they make enough from their non-launch side that they'll be fine.

I'm guessing their goal is to win constellation contracts where they handle everything but the payload, including buses, launch, licensing, and mission ops,