Amazon: The FCC says we have to launch half our constellation by next year. What rockets y’all got?
SpaceX: We’ll sell you as many Falcon 9 launches as you want!
Amazon: Haha, we wouldn’t buy launches from you unless our board forced us to! Any other offers?
Blue Origin: We have New Glenn, but it isn’t ready yet.
ULA: Best we can do is nine Atlas Vs. We have Vulcan too, but it isn’t ready yet.
Arianespace: Oui oui, nous avons une fusée pour vous.
Amazon just bought another 10 Falcons. I wonder if that was to appease shareholders or the FCC.
Congrats on launching satellites for another nazi dickhead, I guess.
The next Leo launch was supposed to be a Vulcan, but that might be grounded. Ariane has more scheduled for March and May. They’ve done a 1.5 month turnaround before, so it’s possible.
I did not expect Ariane 6 to become a constellation workhorse, but that might happen over the next few months.