A US startup booked 2 Indian launches for orbital mirrors.

Reflect Orbital plans a constellation of about 50,000 mirrors to beam sunlight onto Earth after dark.

SpaceX has stopped accepting Transporter reservations after 2029, so operators now buy launches from firms like India’s Skyroot.

Reflect did not disclose prices or dates, and Vikram-1U is not due to fly until Q1 2027.

How each outlet framed it
Payload
foregrounds the launch-capacity crunch, noting SpaceX has stopped taking Transporter reservations after 2029

Sources: Payload