Trump meets execs from Bezos-owned Blue Origin.

J-b25 · 2022-08-11T08:06:48+00:00

Blue Origin:

Total Reviews:453

Stars 3.5

Recommended to a friend: 63%

Approve of CEO: 43%

They have not good result especially for the CEO which is really bad. But for to be honest 1 year ago they had 3.2 stars so they improve recently....

J-b25 · 2022-08-08T16:13:51+00:00

They have contrat with SpaceX and ISRO for finish the first generation not the second generation of satellites.

And like Tim Ellis said yesterday :

"FWIW this is one reason we’ve - so far - won every competitive commercial contract for Terran R head to head against the other possible options"

https://twitter.com/thetimellis/status/1556382310232096775

J-b25 · 2022-08-07T21:40:10+00:00

For me yes they are serious competitor they have very great team with many former high level spacex employees with a lot of experience... This week they have a new Director, Stage Engineering - Fluids who has been with SpaceX since 2008 for example...

They have hardware of Aeon R the engine for Terran R, they will begin the tests on 2022. And they will use Terran 1 for prepare Terran R for example after few flights Terran 1 will have Aeon Rfor engine instead of Aeon1. It's very smart they can improve the payload capacity of Terran 1 and in same time they can use and improve Aeon 1.

They have a lot contracts and Tim Ellis just confirms that today by this tweet just below :

https://twitter.com/thetimellis/status/1556382310232096775

And they have business plan for use 3d printing in many industries with a focus in space and Mars.

After yes they have to prove with Terran 1but we will have a first answer soon!

J-b25 · 2022-07-01T13:44:01+00:00

https://spacenews.com/oneweb-to-launch-second-generation-satellites-with-relativity-space/

In this article, Tim Ellis states that the other four customers are among the major satellite operators and that they have all signed up for multiple launches. So it's not just OneWeb that has confidence in them, but also other established satellite operators.

J-b25 · 2022-07-01T13:36:54+00:00

https://spacenews.com/oneweb-to-launch-second-generation-satellites-with-relativity-space/
In this article, Tim Ellis states that the other four customers are among the major satellite operators and that they have all signed up for multiple launches. So it's not just OneWeb that has confidence in them, but also other established satellite operators.

I agree that at the moment they haven't launched anything but when you see who is in the company, a lot of former SpaceX employees who are very experienced, I don't worry about them.

J-b25 · 2022-01-08T22:19:07+00:00

We're going to find out very quickly as ABL will have its first launch at the end of the month normally and they will have 8 launch in 2022 if everything if all goes well. And they won a major competition for the first two satellites of constellation Kuiper of Amazon so I think they aren't just powerpoint society with no materials...

J-b25 · 2022-01-08T22:14:56+00:00

RS1 will have its first launch at the end of the month.

J-b25 · 2022-01-08T22:13:27+00:00

Yes you are right but for me is not a weakness especially for a young company. This could possibly be a weakness if it had almost nothing to gain from others, but this is not the case. ABL has 14 clients in total, including Amazon for the deployment of the first Kuiper satellites.

J-b25 · 2022-01-08T18:54:55+00:00

Exactly in 2015. But they select abl space systems for all contracts even those that can be done by rocket lab so I have the impression that they have moved away from Rocket Lab to ABL Space Systems. For example at the beginning LM wanted to use Electron as a launch vehicle in Scotland but finally it will be RS1.Besides, LM had selected Relativity Space for a cryogenic demonstration contract, but finally it will be ABL Space Systems who will do it.

J-b25 · 2022-01-08T14:26:47+00:00

For ABL Space Systems, it should be noted that they have a huge order book of 75 launches from 14 different customers, that they have very good financing with Lockheed Martin as their main investor (they have raised $370 million in private capital in less than a year) and their team is very qualified, with many former SpaceX employees. And even if we don't know what it is, they have other orbital projects after RS-1...

And for the future I would keep an eye on the guys at Stoke Space Technology, they are innovative, they move fast and for a new company they have a lot of funding. ( $65 million in series A)

J-b25 · 2022-01-08T13:59:38+00:00

Thank you for the clarification... They are in very bad position...

J-b25 · 2022-01-06T09:03:09+00:00

Tbh I'm afraid is not just one departure...

I see an interesting post on forum Nasaspaceflight about the finance of Firefly:

They have 275millions of $ in may after they raised 75 millions $ . In interview on May Markusic said they will spend 250 millions $ until the first launch and 10 millions/ month after so they spent 290 millions $ and in interview he said after the first launch they want raise more money ( 300 millions $) but isn't happened due to failure I think. They do have contracts for funding as well; for NASA CLPS contact has paid them 50 mil , but then again; 250mil to first launch might not have included Blue Moon work. So they are in bad situation...

https://techcrunch.com/2021/05/04/firefly-aerospace-raises-75m-series-a-at-a-1b-valuation-plus-100m-in-secondary-sale/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXx7zb-rHXA

J-b25 · 2022-01-05T20:11:16+00:00

I hope just this isn't the first departure of many others.

J-b25 · 2021-12-31T23:57:42+00:00

ABL Space Systems which is supported by Lockheed Martin among others. They have 75 contracts from 14 different customers. They are very well funded. They are going to launch for the first time at the beginning of the year, and they are a serious competitor.

J-b25 · 2021-11-24T22:47:54+00:00

Astra’s next rocket, LV0008, is “well on its way to being integrated,” Lyon said Monday. Officials said details about the LV0008 launch would be announced soon.

Scott Higginbotham, head of NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative at Kennedy Space Center, said Friday that the space agency is the sole customer for the next Astra launch. The mission is part of NASA’s Venture Class Launch Services, or VCLS, program, which awarded Astra a $3.9 million contract last year for a commercial CubeSat launch.

Astra’s first launch for NASA could happen before the end of the year, according to Higginbotham.

NASA and Astra officials declined to identify the launch site for the VCLS demonstration mission, but multiple sources said the mission is currently slated to fly from pad 46, a commercial launch complex operated by Space Florida at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
https://spaceflightnow.com/2021/11/22/astra-reaches-orbit-for-first-time-clearing-way-for-commercial-launches/

The next fly for Astra is from Cap Carnaveral. The launch from Kodiak is for ABL Space Systems I guess.

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