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Old June 5th 17, 11:45 AM posted to sci.space.policy
Jeff Findley[_6_]
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Default GSLV III Successful Launch

In article ,
says...

India has successfully launched their GSLV III booster. This is a
rocket in roughly the same class as the Falcon 9, with a payload of 4
tonnes to GTO. The goal of this program is to save India money on
heavy satellite launches and to perhaps enter the market space that
Falcon 9 (and others) are in.

I haven't seen any data on actual cost to launch, but it is all
expendable and uses two big solid strap-ons, so I can't see it
approaching the costs of a Falcon 9. Time will tell.


Same. India is in the same boat as every other launch company when it
comes to reuse. But, labor costs are far lower in India than in most
other countries launching payloads into orbit, so I'm betting they'll be
able to get away with being all expendable longer than say the US or
Europe (Russia is hard to tell).

Jeff
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