Managed Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) company of the commercial launch of the unmanned missile "Falcon 9" successfully, days after a delay due to technical problems, the launch is a strong beginning to compete in the commercial satellite market, which is approaching the value of $ 190 billion.
The rocket blasted off with a height of 68.4 m Tuesday evening from the Air Force Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 17:41 EDT (22:41 GMT), after twice to cancel the launch, which was scheduled eight days ago because of problems art, including the cancellation at the last minute on Thursday.
He holds the rocket, "Falcon 9" communications satellite "Os.aa.os 8", which weighs 3175 kg and of the company "Os.aa.os.os.oa" which is based in Luxembourg-based, and operates a fleet of 54 satellites, and is the second largest of the moons company industries in the world.
And put the rocket moon which is worth more than a hundred million dollars in orbit above the Earth at an altitude of about eighty thousand kilometers, and there would be the moon its routing rocket to modify the course and fall to rise 38.6 thousand kilometers, to provide TV and communications services to customers in India, China, Vietnam and elsewhere the other in Asia.
And alter the success of SpaceX in providing commercial launch services is much lower than offered by competitors at a cost, rules of the game in the global satellite which last year reached its revenues toward $ 190 billion industry, including $ 90 billion in television services alone, according to a report of the Federation of the satellite industry released in October / October last.
In this regard, Chief Technology Officer at "Os.aa.os" Martin Halliwell said ahead of all, that this satellite is very important for the company, adding that the move in this market which is growing dramatically requires economic and efficient way to reach orbit, "and it is already what made us SpaceX. "
It is noteworthy that 75% of all future operations of the company SpaceX, which amounts to almost fifty task worth an estimated four billion dollars, is for commercial clients. The space agency and the US aviation missions (NASA) to the International Space Station, most of the remainder of the launch operations.
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