@llamacoffeeM to [email protected]English • 4 months agoChina begins launching a megaconstellation, and it sounds a lot like Starlinkarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square5arrow-up126arrow-down11cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareViperActuallinkfedilinkEnglish6•4 months agoGood luck China. Without reusable rockets, this will be extremely expensive. It’s certainly an issue that can be brute forced with spamming more rockets, but each launch won’t be as cheap as it could be if you could reuse each rocket.
minus-squareDavid From SpacelinkfedilinkEnglish2•4 months agoThey are testing them now, they claim they’ll have reusable rockets in 2025 or 2026. Seems it’s in their plan.
Good luck China. Without reusable rockets, this will be extremely expensive. It’s certainly an issue that can be brute forced with spamming more rockets, but each launch won’t be as cheap as it could be if you could reuse each rocket.
They are testing them now, they claim they’ll have reusable rockets in 2025 or 2026. Seems it’s in their plan.