SpaceX's Explosion Reverberates Across Space, Satellite and Telecom Industries
By Steve Lohr
Last week's setback is raising new questions about the private space launch company that has risen rapidly by offering lower costs and promising accelerated schedules.
An Israeli satellite operator's deal to sell itself to a Chinese company is imperiled. Planned launches of communications satellites that support international mobile phone service and digital television are delayed and put in doubt. NASA's cargo deliveries to the Inter- national Space Station will probably be disrupted.
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