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That you don't know of it doesn't mean it doesnt exist :)


That's why I said "I don't know of any." I would love to know more if you know anything about what they're doing. As the only reference and information I could find about this company was literally this one paragraph (and I tried), it's not enough to say it won't work, but I think it's the company's job to explain how they will make good on their claims.

Are you involved with this company?


Operating in GTO is terrible for electronics.

And also, we could do GTO 2X cheaper than large rockets for even their nominal payload size. For smaller payloads, it's more like 10X.


So is your idea to have spacecraft go to LEO first instead of direct GTO? Is this an efficient use of fuel?


It's not a detour, you have to pass LEO to get to GTO. Instead of the rocket pushing it to GTO the tug will take over. So the rocket has more payload due to only having to go to LEO.


We will be able to transport satellites up to 5000 lb in mass directly to GEO, which should be most of the market.

Almost every large GEO player is developing new, smaller satellites. We will also modify existing interfaces to allow for docking. Rendezvous and prox-ops is all on our side.


Who is "we"? Care to identify yourself? What existing interface are you talking about? Which GEO manufacturer is making 5000 lb spacecraft?


I can take a wild guess who "we" is, since Epic's young founder is Ignacio B. Montero and the nick is "ibmont".


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