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Catching up on some reading, and there’s an interesting little tidbit on Dream Chaser’s launch costs in a SpaceNews article by Jeff Foust.
They clearly would like to operate multiple Pacific Spaceport Complex locations, and I wouldn’t be surprised to see them explore other options in the Pacific, like Guam.
Props to Reuters for posting a full story with the update, rather than posting it as an update on the original story, or going full Bloomberg.
Jamie and Matt of The Interplanetary Podcast had Jake and I on their show for a wrap-up of 2018. I could not possibly have had more fun doing this episode—give it a listen!
As if there wasn’t enough mystery as to what’s up with OneWeb lately, Maria Kolomychenko has an exclusive over at Reuters.
After the Swarm incident, Spaceflight is not messing around with licensing issues.
Pretty cool to see Spaceflight sign a deal like this, where they book a full-size primary payload and will match secondary payloads with it on a dedicated launch. Seems like an attractive service for all parties, and I hope to see more of it in the future.
Dr. Marco Langbroek wrote an intriguing post about the upcoming NROL-71 payload.
Sounds like they are delaying 300 satellites, not specifically downsizing the entire constellation.