D-Orbit, Exotrail and Portal Space Systems on what happens if Falcon 9 quits the commercial market

by Peter B. de Selding

PARIS — Three companies —orbital transfer vehicle provider D-Orbit; satellite payload carrier and electric thruster provider Exotrail; and startup high-mobility spacecraft builder Portal Space Systems — assessed the effect on their business of the possible withdrawal of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket as a launcher for business other than the US government and SpaceX’s Starlink constellation.

In statements here Sept. 16 at World Space Business Week (WSBW), organized by Novaspace, all three expressed confidence that the many rockets currently or . . .

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