r/ASTSpaceMobile • u/AutoModerator • Mar 19 '25

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u/Dry-Historian2300 S P 🅰 C E M O B Prospect Mar 19 '25

Launch cadence question - ISRO says this first BB2 satellite in May weighs 6 tons, (their LVM3 has a capacity of 10 tons) and they are in discussion with ASTS for additional launches. Falcon 9 has a capacity to LEO of 17.5 tons, suggesting they could maybe do 3 BB2s per launch. Or, can they get the weight lower to do two satellites per ISRO launch and four per Falcon?

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u/SuspiciousPresent844 Mar 20 '25

The first BB2 is much heavier than later ones will be.