llamacoffee@lemmy.worldM to Spaceflight@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 month agoChina begins launching a megaconstellation, and it sounds a lot like Starlinkarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up126arrow-down11cross-posted to: arstechnica_science@rss.ponder.cat
arrow-up125arrow-down1external-linkChina begins launching a megaconstellation, and it sounds a lot like Starlinkarstechnica.comllamacoffee@lemmy.worldM to Spaceflight@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square5fedilinkcross-posted to: arstechnica_science@rss.ponder.cat
minus-squareViperActual@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month 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 Space@orbiting.observerlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month 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.