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Re:Sky skimmers: The race to fly satellites at the lowest or... by eigart on Wednesday February 12, 2025 @02:22AM (#43022763)
Are you in Europe? Are there any promising European companies in this space? I’ve been thinking that something like this would be perfect in Europe going forward. Could help de-risk both reliance on subsea comms cables, US constellations and addresses the (comparative) lack of capital.
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Re:Sky skimmers: The race to fly satellites at the lowest or... by lnsru on Wednesday February 12, 2025 @07:33AM (#43024730)
I don’t think he’s in Europe. Who will fund such risky venture or buy services from a company in there. Ballons however are very good for transport of cigarettes over the border of Belarus into EU. Cigarettes are light and the balloons from China cheap.
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Re:Sky skimmers: The race to fly satellites at the lowest or... by BalloonsInVLEO on Wednesday February 12, 2025 @10:04AM (#43026063)
All the companies I know of are US based. That said if you know what you're doing it's much lower risk than a satellite venture
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