Reply to post: Re: Launch partner?

Russians poised to fire intercontinental ballistic missile... into space with Sentinel-3 sat on board

Steve Todd

Re: Launch partner?

1) Its a German company, launching from a Russian base.

2) The launcher is quite reliable

3) The programming of the 3rd stage has been dodgy in the past. Programming errors are much easier to fix than hardware issues, and 10 successful launches in a row indicate that they have them solved.

4) Its much cheaper than an Ariane launch, and the satellite doesn't need the capacity that Ariane offers.

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