Capacity Crunch May Abort US Satellite Boom as Sanctions Threaten Russia Launches

Capacity Crunch May Abort US Satellite Boom as Sanctions Threaten Russia Launches
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches carrying a Qatari communications satellite from historic Launch Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Nov. 15, 2018. Joe Skipper/Reuters
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Houston, we have a problem!

U.S. rocket companies are facing the daunting task of ferrying hundreds of satellites to space in the coming years as sanctions sideline the Russian space launch industry.