It doesn't work that way. If you paid 1k$/lb now and the competitor waited 5 years you got 5 years of profits which easily accound for 4 or 5 rocket launches on

It doesn't work that way. If you paid 1k$/lb now and the competitor waited 5 years you got 5 years of profits which easily accound for 4 or 5 rocket launches on today's costs. Satellite operators make millions/day of operations.