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"Doing exactly this" is kind of a misrepresentation. SpaceX is launching a fleet of low-earth-orbit satellites. The rocket that blew up was carrying a single s
by teraflop 10y ago
"Doing exactly this" is kind of a misrepresentation.
SpaceX is launching a fleet of low-earth-orbit satellites. The rocket that blew up was carrying a single satellite, owned/built by an Israeli company and destined for geostationary orbit; Facebook had signed an agreement to lease part of that satellite's capacity for several years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos-6 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos-6
- ricardobeat 10y agoThis is odd. I'm pretty sure I read this exact pair of comments in the other thread earlier today... is HN moving things around with a fresh time stamp? EDIT: whew, I'm not going crazy yet: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12973474 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12973474