The president of rideshare company Spaceflight says U.S. policy needs to support not just the launch industry but the satellite industry as well. Curt Blake, president of the Seattle firm, told SpaceNews that policy debates must avoid protecting the U.S. launch industry at the expense of the U.S. small satellite industry, which has often struggled to find rides to orbit. These debates involve access to India's PSLV rocket, which has become a major player in the smallsat secondary payload market, but for which U.S. companies need a regulatory waiver. The company says that the development of dedicated smallsat launchers will be good in the long run, providing additional options for its customers.
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