As someone who likes to follow space flight news, I was surprised how many of these I’ve never heard of before. I appreciate the overview and comparisons. You deserve a lot more views.
RFA gives me a lot of astra vibes,with their CEO and all their extreme pricing and rocket performance (I’m 99% sure the current RFA rocket could not do 1,300 kg to SSO)
Here is an adition to your list- Agnikul cosmos is building agniban smallsat launcher. They previously flown agniban sorted (a smaller suborbital rocket) just a few months ago.
As you probably heard me saying, there are so many smallsat launchers being developed right now, that I couldn't fit them all into this list. Along with not being able to show more than 8 or so rockets on screen, I tried to kept it down to a small list, featuring the most known and interesting smallsat launchers currently in development.
I think China is the only country that has had success in fostering a small satellite launch vehicle market (despite being mostly missile derived) with the success of the Long March 6 and 11 (13 and 17 flights respectively), Galactic Energy’s Ceres-1 (17 flights), iSpace’s Hyperbola-1 (7 flights), CAS Space’s Kinetica-1 (5 flights), and CALT/ChinaRocket’s Jielong-3 (5 flights). There’s clearly a market for all of these rockets to coexist despite bigger and more affordable options existing.
There are some clear political realities you are ignoring. Chinese companies are "encouraged" to use Chinese rockets, very few Chinese payloads are ever sent abroad for lower launch costs. Chinese rocket companies are also heavily supported, subsidized, etc by the Chinese government, and that assumes that some of them aren't just government agencies in disguise. The Chinese launch market exists because China wants to have one and is prepared to put in the resources to get it, no matter the cost.
@@Rozitank That's exactly how all hi-tech industries come about. Silicon Valley was formerly just Pentagon employees and all of ULA's early rockets were former ICBMs.
Probably because they are the largest launch provider in the entire world. If you want customers, you need a rocket and launch price that provides at least some benefit over choosing SpaceX, even if that benefit is somewhat handwavy. If you are trying to compete with the next largest competitor (Rocketlab), you are just fighting over a limited market share that Rocketlab already has a pre-existing advantage in. Far more lucrative to steal from the largest competitor, especially if they aren't trying to compete with you directly.
@Rozitank to steal from SpaceX you'd need to be cheaper than SpaceX on their own field, which is basically impossible... They have all the infrastructure already built, you need to start from scratch.
SpaceX don't have any small sat launchers. It's Falcon 1 rocket was retired after it's 2nd successful flight because SpaceX was awarded the CRS contact to carry cargo to the ISS by NASA, and evolved making a larger rocket (Falcon 9). If you are asking about these launchers competing with SpaceX's rideshare program, in my opinion they are not. As I explain on my video, there are benefits and drawbacks with launching on a SpaceX rideshare mission, and in my opinion I think they serve very different purposes. Also competition is good as more companies strive to reach goals, and advancing technology, therefor, lowering the cost by time.
@ SpaceX rideshare may have very clear downsides, but it is also quite cheap relative to a dedicated launch. The question companies have to ask is what is better, having to compromise on satellite design and initial orbit to get a cheaper launch deal, or spending more on a dedicated launch tailored to their needs? If you want to compete with SpaceX rideshare, you need a rocket that is A) reasonably priced, B) can actually perform the mission (both from a performance perspective and simple availability), and C) reliable enough for customers to trust you. Simply put, every satellite on a SpaceX rideshare is another lost launch for a small-sat launch company. That is why SpaceX are still the primary competition.
I can see a lot of work went into this! Well done!
Thanks Marcus! I'm glad you liked it! More content coming in the future!
Great video. Really enjoyed the production and it's the sort of video I'd love to create myself. You earned a subscriber!
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As someone who likes to follow space flight news, I was surprised how many of these I’ve never heard of before. I appreciate the overview and comparisons. You deserve a lot more views.
Wow, what a great video!! The graphics are super professional. Keep it up!
Amazing video, I'm really hyped for Eris 1 🇦🇺
Good job at making this video
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RFA gives me a lot of astra vibes,with their CEO and all their extreme pricing and rocket performance (I’m 99% sure the current RFA rocket could not do 1,300 kg to SSO)
Yeah I think the one that’s gonna be for the firsts flight is still a prototype, but eventually, it will be capable of that payload capacity.
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Hats off man ;)
Here is an adition to your list- Agnikul cosmos is building agniban smallsat launcher. They previously flown agniban sorted (a smaller suborbital rocket) just a few months ago.
As you probably heard me saying, there are so many smallsat launchers being developed right now, that I couldn't fit them all into this list. Along with not being able to show more than 8 or so rockets on screen, I tried to kept it down to a small list, featuring the most known and interesting smallsat launchers currently in development.
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You use your own voice?,awsome,its quite a rarity to see that these days its all AI !,good luck with your YT ❤
Yup, my own voice. Glad you enjoyed the video!
Love your videos mate!
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Great video!
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I think China is the only country that has had success in fostering a small satellite launch vehicle market (despite being mostly missile derived) with the success of the Long March 6 and 11 (13 and 17 flights respectively), Galactic Energy’s Ceres-1 (17 flights), iSpace’s Hyperbola-1 (7 flights), CAS Space’s Kinetica-1 (5 flights), and CALT/ChinaRocket’s Jielong-3 (5 flights). There’s clearly a market for all of these rockets to coexist despite bigger and more affordable options existing.
There are some clear political realities you are ignoring. Chinese companies are "encouraged" to use Chinese rockets, very few Chinese payloads are ever sent abroad for lower launch costs. Chinese rocket companies are also heavily supported, subsidized, etc by the Chinese government, and that assumes that some of them aren't just government agencies in disguise. The Chinese launch market exists because China wants to have one and is prepared to put in the resources to get it, no matter the cost.
Hey Phazzee!
@@Rozitank That's exactly how all hi-tech industries come about. Silicon Valley was formerly just Pentagon employees and all of ULA's early rockets were former ICBMs.
@KionLionGuardOfficial Hey hey!
Astra must go.
WHO MUST GO!
They've actually share some updates on Twitter/X about Rocket 4 I think.
Good video
Extra comment for the algorithm 😊
Surely Paraffin is just another name for Kerosene (Unless you're talking about wax or Laxatives)
Why does everyone try to compete with SpaceX?
Probably because they are the largest launch provider in the entire world. If you want customers, you need a rocket and launch price that provides at least some benefit over choosing SpaceX, even if that benefit is somewhat handwavy. If you are trying to compete with the next largest competitor (Rocketlab), you are just fighting over a limited market share that Rocketlab already has a pre-existing advantage in. Far more lucrative to steal from the largest competitor, especially if they aren't trying to compete with you directly.
@Rozitank to steal from SpaceX you'd need to be cheaper than SpaceX on their own field, which is basically impossible... They have all the infrastructure already built, you need to start from scratch.
SpaceX don't have any small sat launchers. It's Falcon 1 rocket was retired after it's 2nd successful flight because SpaceX was awarded the CRS contact to carry cargo to the ISS by NASA, and evolved making a larger rocket (Falcon 9). If you are asking about these launchers competing with SpaceX's rideshare program, in my opinion they are not. As I explain on my video, there are benefits and drawbacks with launching on a SpaceX rideshare mission, and in my opinion I think they serve very different purposes. Also competition is good as more companies strive to reach goals, and advancing technology, therefor, lowering the cost by time.
@KionLionGuardOfficial I mean they compete with spaceX medium launch rockets instead of developing small size rockets like Rocketlab
@ SpaceX rideshare may have very clear downsides, but it is also quite cheap relative to a dedicated launch. The question companies have to ask is what is better, having to compromise on satellite design and initial orbit to get a cheaper launch deal, or spending more on a dedicated launch tailored to their needs?
If you want to compete with SpaceX rideshare, you need a rocket that is A) reasonably priced, B) can actually perform the mission (both from a performance perspective and simple availability), and C) reliable enough for customers to trust you.
Simply put, every satellite on a SpaceX rideshare is another lost launch for a small-sat launch company. That is why SpaceX are still the primary competition.
Way to few views for the time put into the video.
No