PARIS — The commercial arm of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) charged about $28,500 per kilogram to launch 29 cubesats aboard its PSLV rocket on June 23, a price that appears to reflect a drop compared to previous missions.
There is no such thing as a “standard” price for launches, even for large geostationary-orbit telecommunications satellites, for which an average per-kilogram launch price can be instructive over time.
The problem is complicated in the case of cubesats, which are usually launched as piggyback customers on a . . .
To view the entire article, become a subscriber!
