India's ISRO already competes with SpaceX for these launches ( ISRO puts 36 OneWeb satellites in orbit - https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/isro-successfully-... ), despite not having any reusable launch vehicles (reason - it's in the top 5 in space technology and just cheaper - Why it costs India so little to reach the Moon and Mars - https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn9xlgnnpzvo ). Once it masters reusable launch vehicle technologies, it'll be hard to compete with ISRO on commercial launches.
back
1 comments
36 compared to 10000. This is 2-3 orders of magnitude. It's like a corner store trying to compete with Walmart.
They have a list of 434 foreign satellites launched so far as of January 2026 on their website:
The point was that you don't need a reusable launch vehicle if a single use launcher is just as cheap.