{"id":35103,"date":"2020-03-10T20:59:22","date_gmt":"2020-03-10T20:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2020\/03\/10\/will-coronavirus-affect-the-launch-market\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:32:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:32:20","slug":"will-coronavirus-affect-the-launch-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/space\/2020\/03\/10\/will-coronavirus-affect-the-launch-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus leads to space launch contingency plans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Launch providers are skeptical that the coronavirus will have a lasting impact on the domestic market, although companies are implementing contingency plans in reaction to the outbreak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI do not think it will carry through,\u201d said United Launch Alliance CEO Tory Bruno. \u201cThis will be something we deal with throughout the year, but no, I do not think it will have a lasting or chilling affect on our country\u2019s priorities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The comments came at the Satellite 2020 conference in Washington March 10, where organizers have moved forward with the annual event despite the cancellation of multiple high profile conference due to concerns over the spread of COVID-19. A few major companies, including SES and OneWeb, pulled out of the event or significantly reduced the number of employees they sent, but otherwise the conference has been business as usual, albeit with noticeably lower attendance, hand sanitizer dispensers strategically placed throughout the convention center and attendees forgoing the usual handshakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\t