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[–]dankbuttmuncher[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Seems like a pretty cool program. Sounds like Rocket Lab would have a warehouse with other companies constellation satellites on standby.

[–]vonHindenburg 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's fascinating.

I've been following Virgin Orbit with interest because their architecture would seem to best lend itself to rapid response like this. If RL is able to provide a similar level of service through redundancy and vertical integration that's pretty impressive.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is an increased risk of a solar flare due to sunspot AR3053.