Space Insurance and Mission Risk: Pricing the Things That Can Go Wrong

Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Space insurance exists because spacecraft are expensive, launches are unforgiving, and uncertainty does not disappear just because a mission has passed a review. A satellite can be carefully built and still fail during ascent, deployment, early operations, or years later in orbit. A launch vehicle can have a strong record and still carry risk. A ground system can be well run and still suffer an interruption. Insurance does not make these hazards harmless. It changes who carries some of the financial consequence when they happen.

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Space Insurance and Mission Risk: Pricing the Things That Can Go Wrong