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Big rocket builders are skeptical small launchers will find customers

Rocket Lab's Electron small launch vehicle takes off during a test flight. Source: Rocket Lab

Skeptics argue there’s financial logic to small sats tagging along on bigger vehicles: small sat operators can reach significant cost savings when they can share the costs of the launch among one another, as they currently do on bigger vehicles. Speaking at the recent Space Tech Expo, SpaceX’s senior director of government and business…

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