Europe Reluctantly Chooses SpaceX to Launch Its GPS Satellites::Elon Musk’s SpaceX is set to undertake its first launch of European satellites equipped with classified technology, specifically for the Galileo system.

  • tinkeringidiot@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    ESA has its own launch capability x and is choosing SpaceX anyway. The lunatic thing must not be a big deal.

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      1 year ago

      Ariane 5 is retired. Ariane 6 isn’t ready yet. Vega is small. What medium-lift launch capacity do they have?