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1worldspace, known for most of its existence simply as WorldSpace, is a defunct satellite radio network that in its heyday provided service to over 170,000 subscribers in eastern, southern and northern Africa, the Middle East, and much of Asia with 96% coming from India. It was profitable in India, with 450,000 subscribers.
Space launch market competition is the manifestation of market forces in the launch service provider business. [1] In particular it is the trend of competitive dynamics among payload transport capabilities at diverse prices having a greater influence on launch purchasing than the traditional political considerations of country of manufacture or the national entity using, regulating or ...
A launch service provider is a type of company that uses launch vehicles and related services provided by a Launch Agency, including furnishing the launch vehicles, launch support, equipment and facilities, for the purpose of launching satellites into orbits or deep space. [1]
WorldSpace was founded by Ethiopia-born lawyer Noah Samara in Washington, D.C., in 1990, [8] with the goal of making satellite radio programming available to the developing world. [9] On June 22, 1991, the FCC gave WorldSpace permission to launch a satellite to provide digital programming to Africa and the Middle East . [ 2 ]
Space Services Inc. Percheron: Sounding rocket 1 Suborbital Cancelled — [140] Conestoga 1620: Medium rocket 4 LEO (designed) Suborbital (achieved) Retired (0/1) 1995 [140] SpaceLS Prometheus-1 Light rocket 2 LEO Development Unknown [141] [142] Space Pioneer: Tiansuo-1 Vertical landing test stage 1 Suborbital Development Unknown [143] Tianlong ...
NASA has been directed to pursue commercial spaceflight options since at least 1984, with the Commercial Space Launch Act of 1984 and Launch Services Purchase Act of 1990.
The large cost of launching a satellite into space. For 6.5 kg/kW, the cost to place a power satellite in geosynchronous orbit (GEO) cannot exceed $200/kg if the power cost is to be competitive. Microwave optic requires gigawatt scale to compensate for Airy disk beam spreading. Typically a 1 km disk in geosynchronous orbit transmitting at 2.45 ...
Spaceflight Industries, Inc. is an American private aerospace company based out of Herndon, Virginia, that specializes in geospatial intelligence services. [1] It sold its satellite rideshare business, Spaceflight, Inc. , in June 2020.