Business Chief APAC+ANZ Magazine April 2018 | Page 62

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‘CURRENTLY , THE INDUSTRY STANDARD ATLAS ROCKETS , DESIGNED TO HAUL LARGE SATELLITES INTO SPACE , WILL COST A COMPANY ANYWHERE BETWEEN $ 30MN AND $ 60MN ’

founded in 2006 by local Peter Beck , is moving to disrupt and reshape the global launch service market . The startup aims to provide launch services to small cubesat companies , in a bid to “ bring down the cost of spacefaring by using small , lower-cost rockets ”, according to a report by Wired .
“ Right from day one , we were all about how we can make space more accessible , whether that be through
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