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Re:As the SpaceX steamroller surges, European rocket industr... by ffsc on Friday July 20, 2018 @12:29PM (#17576451)
Not necessarily a monopoly. European states can still launch on other nations rockets. However, Arianespace is pushing for "European First" legislation to keep institutional payloads on domestic launchers.
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Re:As the SpaceX steamroller surges, European rocket industr... by greglindahl on Friday July 20, 2018 @12:40PM (#17576578)
And to put this into perspective, SpaceX has launched 1 Spanish government payload and has 2 German payloads on their manifest.
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