#launchvehicle — Public Fediverse posts

StubHub look out! There actually is a resale market for Rocket Launches ! I did not know that!

Getting your wiz-bang satellite onto a launch vehicle (rocket) is not as simple as calling up SpaceX and arranging a date.

There is a network of rideshare brokers, launch aggregators, or mission management providers who have a LOT of power and control over what and when satellites get launched by the launch providers - aka SpaceX etc.

Satellite operators can get squeezed between direct booking with a launch provider and the brokers. So much so, regulatory bodies (FTC) are beginning to investigate how traditional antitrust laws apply to orbital launch capacity. https://satnews.com/2026/05/31/if-you-thought-space-was-hard-try-to-get-your-satellite-on-a-rocket/ #Satellites #Rockets #LaunchVehicle #RideShare #LaunchBroker #Monopoly #FTC #Regulation #SpaceRegulation #SpaceX #Space #CommercialSpace

StubHub look out! There actually is a resale market for Rocket Launches ! I did not know that!

Getting your wiz-bang satellite onto a launch vehicle (rocket) is not as simple as calling up SpaceX and arranging a date.

There is a network of rideshare brokers, launch aggregators, or mission management providers who have a LOT of power and control over what and when satellites get launched by the launch providers - aka SpaceX etc.

Satellite operators can get squeezed between direct booking with a launch provider and the brokers. So much so, regulatory bodies (FTC) are beginning to investigate how traditional antitrust laws apply to orbital launch capacity. https://satnews.com/2026/05/31/if-you-thought-space-was-hard-try-to-get-your-satellite-on-a-rocket/ #Satellites #Rockets #LaunchVehicle #RideShare #LaunchBroker #Monopoly #FTC #Regulation #SpaceRegulation #SpaceX #Space #CommercialSpace

A vertical view of the Mobile Service Structure at Space Launch Complex 37B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Station.
The #MobileServiceStructure stacks the #Delta IV #rocket on top its #launchpad and then rolls away, while the gray Fixed Umbilical Tower remains in place and supplies the #LaunchVehicle with propellant and other consumables until liftoff.

Get a print of this image or another item at https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/delta-iv-mobile-service-structure-and-reflection-heron-and-fox.html

#CCAFS #SLC37B #UnitedLaunchAlliance #DeltaIV #Photograph

A vertical view of the Mobile Service Structure at Space Launch Complex 37B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Station.
The #MobileServiceStructure stacks the #Delta IV #rocket on top its #launchpad and then rolls away, while the gray Fixed Umbilical Tower remains in place and supplies the #LaunchVehicle with propellant and other consumables until liftoff.

Get a print of this image or another item at https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/delta-iv-mobile-service-structure-and-reflection-heron-and-fox.html

#CCAFS #SLC37B #UnitedLaunchAlliance #DeltaIV #Photograph

A vertical view of the Mobile Service Structure at Space Launch Complex 37B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Station.
The #MobileServiceStructure stacks the #Delta IV #rocket on top its #launchpad and then rolls away, while the gray Fixed Umbilical Tower remains in place and supplies the #LaunchVehicle with propellant and other consumables until liftoff.

Get a print of this image or another item at https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/delta-iv-mobile-service-structure-and-reflection-heron-and-fox.html

#CCAFS #SLC37B #UnitedLaunchAlliance #DeltaIV #Photograph

#AerospaceAmerica : The 📆 2022 Year in Review

• #SpaceArchitecture: Accelerating architecture for low-Earth orbit and beyond
• #SpaceTransportation: Another record-setting year for #spaceflight
• #SpaceLogistics: Development of on-#orbit #servicing, assembly and manufacturing creates new capabilities in #spacefaring operations
• Experiments to use space #resources make great strides
• Processes: Multiple #microgravity laboratories help advance fluid dynamics and combustion #research
• New #suit designs and methods to #survive in space
#SpaceSystems: New windows into the universe and new commercial space capabilities
• #Robotics for in-space servicing, assembly and manufacturing is key for sustainable space infrastructure
• Reusable Launch Vehicles: #Rocket manufacturers face challenges in push for #reusable #launchvehicle development
• Small #satellites spread beyond niche roles
• Space tethers focus on deorbit and #debris mitigation
https://aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org/year-in-review-index/2022

#AIAA #SpaceNews

#AerospaceAmerica : The 📆 2022 Year in Review

• #SpaceArchitecture: Accelerating architecture for low-Earth orbit and beyond
• #SpaceTransportation: Another record-setting year for #spaceflight
• #SpaceLogistics: Development of on-#orbit #servicing, assembly and manufacturing creates new capabilities in #spacefaring operations
• Experiments to use space #resources make great strides
• Processes: Multiple #microgravity laboratories help advance fluid dynamics and combustion #research
• New #suit designs and methods to #survive in space
#SpaceSystems: New windows into the universe and new commercial space capabilities
• #Robotics for in-space servicing, assembly and manufacturing is key for sustainable space infrastructure
• Reusable Launch Vehicles: #Rocket manufacturers face challenges in push for #reusable #launchvehicle development
• Small #satellites spread beyond niche roles
• Space tethers focus on deorbit and #debris mitigation
https://aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org/year-in-review-index/2022

#AIAA #SpaceNews

Scotland spaceport gets full approval, will be able to host up to 12 launches per year - Scotland’s first proposed spaceport has been fully approved to proceed with construction and operati... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/pCH61cabSSY/ #transportation #launchvehicle #ukspaceagency #unitedkingdom #ukgovernment #unitedstates #spaceflight #outerspace #aerospace #spaceport #electron #scotland #falcon9 #flight #spacex #space #orbex #tc