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Re:385 Feet of Crazy: The Most Audacious Flying Machine by walrus01 on Thursday August 23, 2018 @12:32PM (#17828599)
> . So if the Saudis want to launch something without the hassle of US/Russian security checks, they can have Stratospheric show up to handle the launch locally.

No, because stratolaunch as a US company is subject to ITAR, and its rockets will be built with ITAR restricted tech.

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Re:385 Feet of Crazy: The Most Audacious Flying Machine by sandworm101 on Thursday August 23, 2018 @02:12PM (#17829427)
SA is a regular importer/exporter of ITAR stuff, including weaponry. I'm sure they would have no problems getting Stratolaunch to show up for a few launches. But getting a Saudi sat, a defense-related sat, onto a US rocket would take years, perhaps a decade.
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