Policy experts: Europe stuck between "rock and a hard place" on launch
摘要
欧洲航天政策专家指出，SpaceX猎鹰9号火箭的快速复用与高频发射已彻底改变全球发射市场格局，使欧洲陷入两难境地。过去十年间，SpaceX从定期回收一级火箭发展到年发射数百次，目前承担了全球超过四分之三的入轨质量，其中大部分为星链卫星，同时也为亚马逊、诺斯罗普·格鲁曼等直接竞争对手提供发射服务。新研究正量化这一变革对市场的冲击，欧洲在成本与替代方案缺失下面临
A decade ago, SpaceX began to land the first stages of the Falcon 9 rocket with some regularity, but it's only within the last five years that the company has begun flying the rocket dozens and then hundreds of times a year.
As a result, SpaceX has very rapidly become responsible for more than three-quarters of all mass launched into orbit. Much of this is the company's Starlink satellites, but due to cost and the lack of alternatives, SpaceX has also stepped up to launch payloads from all comers, including direct competitors such as Amazon, Northrop Grumman, AST Space Mobile, OneWeb, and more.
New research is beginning to quantify just how much the introduction of the Falcon 9 rocket, the adoption of reuse, and the vehicle's high cadence have upended the global launch market.
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