Satellite Operators Boost Launch Competition

By Frank Morring, Jr. .
Washington .

The decision by SES to launch a medium-size geostationary communications satellite on a Space Exploration Technologies Inc. (SpaceX) Falcon 9 rocket marks another effort by satellite operators to add to their bottom lines by taking a tight-fisted approach to the prices they pay for launch services.

Luxembourg-based SES has also entered a “framework ...

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