The essential details of the WSJ article: $2.1 billion to build the 72 satellites including nine spares $800 million to launch (and to do some undefined ground upgrades) Launches envisioned as 2015 to 2017 $1.8 billion in loan guarantees from ‘French export-credit agency’ Loral considered the margins so thin that they earlier dropped out of [...]
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Lockheed Loses ‘Iridium Next’ Satellite Build To Thales Team
Posted: June 2, 2010 in International Space, Iridium, Iridium Next, Lockheed, Lockheed Martin, Loral, Thales0
Greetings from Colorado Springs
Posted: April 12, 2010 in China Space, International Space, Manned Space, Space - General, Space Education, VisitorsTags: Manned Space
NSSC Director John B. Sheldon reports from Colorado Springs
While the European Commission asked for bids on 28 to 30 satellites for their GPS-like Galileo program, Space News reports the maximum order will be 22 satellites. In a profound understatement, the article reports Galileo still has budget and schedule challenge which may imperil its future with the European Parliament.
