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Launch Cost Reduction, Hybrid Space Architecture Drive Higher Risk Threshhold for Development of U.S. Military Space Systems

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Launch Cost Reduction, Hybrid Space Architecture Drive Higher Risk Threshhold for Development of U.S. Military Space Systems

A dramatic reduction in launch costs and the integration of ever advancing commercial space and allied space capabilities have led to a greater acceptance of risk by U.S. Space Force in developing new systems, a top U.S. Space Force official said on May 18. "In the early 2000s, the cost of launch could easily exceed $400 million per launch," Lt. Gen. Michael Guetlein, head of Space Systems Command, told a Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) forum on May…

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