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South Korea hires SpaceX to launch GEO satellite in 2027 (spacenews.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by llamacoffee@lemmy.world to c/spacex@sh.itjust.works

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[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com -5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I would not trust Elon. There will likely be a backdoor to NK in there.

[–] llamacoffee@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

While the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) is responsible for developing the satellite bus, Korea’s Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) is in charge of the payloads.

SpaceX is just launching the satellites.

[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That's a good thing then

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Well yeah, except now all they have to worry about is the rocket blowing up.

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago

That's a risk with any rocket though, and Falcon have one of the best success rates of any rocket family. Is there an available launch vehicle you think would have a lower risk of blowing up?