Capacity crunch may abort US satellite boom as sanctions threaten Russia launches
More than 800 satellites under 100 kilograms are expected to be put in orbit this year alone, nearly double the number of launches in 2021.
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More than 800 satellites under 100 kilograms are expected to be put in orbit this year alone, nearly double the number of launches in 2021.
By Akash Sriram
Houston, we have a problem. US rocket companies are facing the daunting task of ferrying hundreds of satellites to space in the coming years as sanctions sideline the Russian space launch industry. SpaceX, Astra Space and Rocket Lab USA are among a handful of US companies expected to fill the vacuum, but industry officials have doubts about their capacity to quickly ramp up. As the race between companies, including Elon Musk-owned SpaceX’s Starlink and Amazon.com Inc’s Project Kuiper, for building giant satellite constellations to beam broadband Internet from space heats up, demand for lau...
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