Elon Musk's SpaceX is set to undertake its first launch of European satellites equipped with classified technology, specifically for the Galileo system.
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.
In 20 years, the EU have spent 10 billion in taxpayer money to send only 26 satellites to orbit (almost 400 million each). A SpaceX Falcon 9 can send almost 10 Galileo satellites to MEO at once for 62 million. So the question is not why they are hiring SpaceX now but why haven’t they used SpaceX before?
(Falcon 9’s capacity to MEO is 8,000 kg, and the typical Galileo satellite weighs 738 kg).
Why the hell would they voluntarily give a deal to a well known con man/scammer? Do they not read the news? This is a pretty big deal so the decision makes them look really bad and incompetent.
SpaceX launches rockets multiple times per week (just here in Florida) at a great price and has an almost unbelievable success record. Second place isn’t even close.
Elon Musk is a nut job, but for anyone that needs to put anything in orbit SpaceX is really the best option.
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Stupid headline. Europe’s sat nav / global position platform is Galileo, not GPS.
In 20 years, the EU have spent 10 billion in taxpayer money to send only 26 satellites to orbit (almost 400 million each). A SpaceX Falcon 9 can send almost 10 Galileo satellites to MEO at once for 62 million. So the question is not why they are hiring SpaceX now but why haven’t they used SpaceX before?
(Falcon 9’s capacity to MEO is 8,000 kg, and the typical Galileo satellite weighs 738 kg).
Why the hell would they voluntarily give a deal to a well known con man/scammer? Do they not read the news? This is a pretty big deal so the decision makes them look really bad and incompetent.
SpaceX launches rockets multiple times per week (just here in Florida) at a great price and has an almost unbelievable success record. Second place isn’t even close.
Elon Musk is a nut job, but for anyone that needs to put anything in orbit SpaceX is really the best option.
Hmm, I don’t know, all his companies are just utter scams so I don’t understand why anyone would trust them with anything.
https://youtu.be/ErDuVomNd9M
(Plus that entire channel)
Why is ESA launching satellites for the US military Global Positioning System?
The headline has been dumbed down for Americans who think all global sat nav is “GPS.”
That said, if you read the article, is does say that this is for Galileo, not GPS.