Una gran oportunidad para el Tronador II

Sigue a continuación una nota en inglés publicada en el sito "Parabolic Arc", y reproducida en el blog Brazilian Space de nuestro amigo Duda Falcao. El estudio en cuestión concluye que, debido al gran crecimiento experimentado últimamente en el número de lanzamientos de nano y micro satélites, la disponibilidad de vehículos lanzadores está próxima a su punto se saturación, y necesitará en el corto plazo de un mayor número de lanzamientos para poder satisfacer dicha demanda. Esta es sin dudas una gran oportunidad para el Tronador II.

SPACEWORKS MARKET ASSESSMENT: NANOSATS BEGINNING TO OUTSTRIP LAUNCH CAPACITY

By Douglas Messier

AAC Microtec CubeSats 

A note from SpaceWorks Enterprises:

We have conducted a study looking at recent trends in the launch vehicle market. With the growing popularity of nano/microsatellites, this study seeks to determine whether the current launch vehicle market can sufficiently meet this growing demand. Some of our findings include:

* The total number of launches per year has been relatively constant over the last four years despite the significant rise in number of satellites launched per year.

* Nearly half of 2013 launches experienced significant delay, an unfortunate result for secondary payloads seeking rideshare opportunities.

* Our historical analysis suggests that the current supply of launch vehicles will not sufficiently serve future nano/microsatellite market demand.

* In order to foster the dynamic growth observed in 2013, the launch vehicle market will need to provide more launches and increase the portion of launches servicing nano/microsatellites.

Fuente: Brazilian Space