SpaceX Rideshare Making Tougher Times for Launch Startups: Ill-Defined Space

SpaceX's successful small satellite rideshare launch program limits launch startups' "latitude for making mistakes," Ill-Defined Space's John Holst blogged Friday. He said SpaceX's Starship heavy launch vehicle "will narrow that even more." And Chinese launch operators potentially could "be more devastating" than SpaceX on other smalllsat launchers, he said. Many startups are ignoring the value proposition SpaceX offers for launching smallsats cheaply.