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Iridum gains 23 launches per year with 100% success rate in the past 12 months, a satellite manufacturing pipeline with 6 satellites produced and launched, and
by espadrine 3mo ago
Iridum gains 23 launches per year with 100% success rate in the past 12 months, a satellite manufacturing pipeline with 6 satellites produced and launched, and a cost-to-orbit of $25K/kg operational (with an in-development design targetting $4K/kg).
They are late compared to SpaceX, to be sure:
150 launches per year, 2400 satellites manufactured per year, $3K/kg operational with F9, target $200/kg in development with Starship.
- panick21_ 3mo agoYou act as if 'launch' is a thing. All Rocket Lab launches ever combined don't even fill a single SpaceX rocket. Those are not the same thing. Lets see their reliability when they have a bigger rocket and if they can land reliably. Because their rocket will be quite expensive to build.
- schainks 3mo agoI think that’s the point of their niche right? They are already plenty reliable. Also let’s them do stuff like this: https://rocketlabcorp.com/updates/victus-haze/ https://rocketlabcorp.com/updates/victus-haze/
- hgoel 3mo agoWe know from the graveyard of companies that reached orbit with their small rockets and ran out of funding before they got to be reliable, that reliably flying even a small rocket is pretty good.
- panick21_ 3mo agoI didn't say it wasn't good.
- kjs3 3mo agoGulfstreams don't actually 'fly' because Boeing built the 747. Sure.