Rick Jones wrote:

I suppose there can be only so much patience waiting for a flight
backlog to be drained, and Inmarsat has reached the limit of theirs,
shifting from SpaceX to Ariane for one of their satellites:

http://www.inmarsat.com/news/inmarsa...e-arianespace/


Inmarsat needed to get the launch by the end of December because of EU
regulations. The slide of SpaceX return to flight into January meant
they needed to find another provider.


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I am the law."
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