Launcher startup Latitude’s new CEO: European governments should invest only in launchers with commercial viability

by Peter B. de Selding

LA PLATA, Maryland — The year 2025 may be “use it or lose it” year for many of Europe’s startup launch services. Companies that looked well-capitalized two years ago are now running low on cash as they cope with the inevitable delays in their inaugural flights.

Government support varies widely between France, Germany, Britain and Spain, home to a half-dozen launcher startups.

The 22-nation European Space Agency (ESA) is preparing its European Launcher Challenge (ELC) for 2025 that will award contracts to . . .

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