Via Satellite: With more competition than ever before, are there enough deals out there for everybody?
Peckham: I think the commercial launch industry has three principle players, Arianespace, Sea Launch and ILS. With those three players, there is an equilibrium between supply and demand. There is enough business for those three companies as well as opportunities for national interest players such as the Delta and Atlas and the H2A out of Japan. If demand for launchers increases as a result of increased demand for satellite space-based communications, there are established companies that will address that and there are future launch providers that are vying for a place in the market. The market will determine whether those businesses succeed or fail.
Via Satellite: With more players looking to get involved in this market from countries such as India, what impact will this have on established launch providers?
Peckham: We are at a high point in the market where other providers are looking to enter this market, such as India with GSLV and Space X. What impact will that have? I don’t think that will have any impact on Sea Launch, but the market will determine that.
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