Pierre Lionnet, Author at SpaceNews https://spacenews.com Covering the business and politics of space Tue, 08 Jul 2025 19:14:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://spacenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cropped-SN_forza_star-32x32.png Pierre Lionnet, Author at SpaceNews https://spacenews.com 32 32 80681979 A reflection on the European space industry in 2024 https://spacenews.com/a-reflection-on-the-european-space-industry-in-2024/ https://spacenews.com/a-reflection-on-the-european-space-industry-in-2024/#respond Thu, 10 Jul 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=527317 Ariane 6 liftoff

As we at Eurospace publish our annual facts and figures report with the key findings of the European space industry’s economic situation, I find myself looking back at 2024 with […]

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]]> https://spacenews.com/a-reflection-on-the-european-space-industry-in-2024/feed/ 0 527317 SpaceX and the categorical imperative to achieve low launch cost https://spacenews.com/spacex-and-the-categorical-imperative-to-achieve-low-launch-cost/ https://spacenews.com/spacex-and-the-categorical-imperative-to-achieve-low-launch-cost/#respond Fri, 07 Jun 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=441132 A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched 23 Starlink satellites on May 8, 2024. Credit: SpaceX

The underlying math of SpaceX's business model suggests that the company is selling Falcon launches at a major markup.

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