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Top Launch Execs Focus On Small Satellite Impact, Opportunities

Pat Host

Tuesday, March 14th, 2017

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Top Launch Execs Focus On Small Satellite Impact, Opportunities

Photo: NASA.

The launch market is entering an unprecedented era of diversity as smaller satellites become more popular, according to executives from major launch providers.The diversifying launch market was a key focus of the highly anticipated launchers panel March 8 at the Satellite 2017 conference in Washington. Executives from major launch companies seemed to agree that smaller satellites will become more popular as demand for connectivity ramps up. Gwynne Shotwell, Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) chief operating officer (COO), noted an explosion in the…

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