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Amazon has the advantage that Blue Origin can be their launch provider, a capability that Bezos cleverly developed without having to justify the expenses to any
by _Microft 8y ago
Amazon has the advantage that Blue Origin can be their launch provider, a capability that Bezos cleverly developed without having to justify the expenses to any stakeholders (running a public company can suck sometimes, as a famous business man once said about his electric car company). It has massive funds for this enterprise as well. While they are only getting started, I'd definitely take them seriously. Never underestimate Bezos...
SpaceX being their own launch provider has its own advantages as they could fully utilize the cost savings of reusability. On top of that, they seem to almost have a headstart. Two test satellites in orbit, the first batch scheduled for about june this year. Looks good.
OneWeb has launched their first satellites already but they'd have to pay the full price for their launches, so they're at a disadvantage here. OK-ish outlook, I'd say. I'd still place them behind Amazon if I had to rank these three.
I'm really curious how the satellite internet provider story will end but I'm rooting for SpaceX. They have the most compelling vision in the long term.
Bezos seems to be more like sweatshops-on-earth-suck-let's-put-them-in-the-asteroid-belt and frankly ... I don't like this one as much as the other.