Satellite burns up following SpaceX rocket glitch
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Re: Satellite burns up following SpaceX rocket glitch
#2That's what space launch insurance is for I guess.
Re: Satellite burns up following SpaceX rocket glitch
#3Wow, I hope everyone reads the article before commenting. It’s still amazingly successful. There was a 95% chance the satellite would have made it if they tried, but they were obligated not to try if there were less than a 99% chance of success. (The reduced chance was due to the loss of one of the 9 engines.) And, of course, the primary mission to the space station was fully successful (the engine glitch notwithstanding).
Re: Satellite burns up following SpaceX rocket glitch
#4Shame. It doesn't sound like Orbcomm is too disappointed though. They were aware of the risks, and they did get to test some of the systems.
Re: Satellite burns up following SpaceX rocket glitch
#5It is perfectly clear that this is a story of safety margines adhered to in an admirably strict fashion; not allowing short term thinking rule over long term; and certainly not allowing marketing rule over engineering. This is how you move mountains.
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#6So, essentially, a company sends a satellite into space, tests it a lot, and then charges an insurance company $10 million because they expected it to fall into the atmosphere?
What insurance company lets a company take out a plan with that kind of risk?
Seems like NASA should've been getting insurance plans for the shuttle's External Tank all these years.
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#7So, essentially, a company sends a satellite into space, tests it a lot, and then charges an insurance company $10 million because they expected it to fall into the atmosphere? What insurance company lets a company take out a plan with that kind of risk? Seems like NASA should've been getting insurance plans for the shuttle's External Tank all these years.
They didn't expect it to fall. They were aware that their satellite was a secondary payload and would be abandoned if need be. I don't think anyone expected the Falcon 9 to lose an engine.
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#8Shame. It doesn't sound like Orbcomm is too disappointed though. They were aware of the risks, and they did get to test some of the systems.
Actually, sounds like Orbcomm got a heck of a deal. They get insurance money and in addition to getting a few tests off on the prototype.
Re: Satellite burns up following SpaceX rocket glitch
#9Shame. It doesn't sound like Orbcomm is too disappointed though. They were aware of the risks, and they did get to test some of the systems.
Actually, sounds like Orbcomm got a heck of a deal. They get insurance money and in addition to getting a few tests off on the prototype.
Re: Satellite burns up following SpaceX rocket glitch
#10Shame. It doesn't sound like Orbcomm is too disappointed though. They were aware of the risks, and they did get to test some of the systems.
Actually, sounds like Orbcomm got a heck of a deal. They get insurance money and in addition to getting a few tests off on the prototype.
Hah. Good point. A couple days of free testing in space isn't a bad deal at all.