Launch Advice Hotline

As the oldest operating launch broker, CST has a unique perspective and deep understanding of the challenges facing launch procurement. We offer this experience to help those that need to navigate the idiosyncrasies of the launch sector. Our advice considers the balance between:

- The proportionality of responsibility and liabilities

- Regulations and licencing, such as frequency filing and coordination, amateur filing IARU, payload/launch permits (international and domestic)

- Launcher characteristics and pricing

- Launcher availability now and in the future

- Launch pricing

- Launch contract negotiation and construction

- Logistics and ancillary services (insurance, deployers, separation systems, transport couriers, etc.)

This service is fully flexible, and can take the form of workshopping, on-call trouble shooting, and/or more formal reporting. It is aimed at those new to launch procurement or in the early phases of defining their mission.

Our advice avoids hard boundaries, instead supplying a variety of options with recommendations tailored to your specific needs.

As a broker, we bring impartiality and experience, maintaining an agnostic stance on launch vehicle providers and other supply chain elements. Our aim is to arm you with an informed understanding of the options (the benefits and shortfalls), to de-risk those critical early decisions