Don't forget the US DOD who spent $300 million per satellite for 10 geostationary communication satellites that each have 2.4 Gbit/s of capacity [0]. That's $3

Don't forget the US DOD who spent $300 million per satellite for 10 geostationary communication satellites that each have 2.4 Gbit/s of capacity [0]. That's $3 billion dollars on just the satellites and Starlink is being designed to have orders of magnitude more capacity (21 Gbit/s per satellite * 12,000 satellites vs 2.4 Gbit/s * 10 satellites), lower latency (LEO vs GEO), and way more redundancy. They've also already awarded spacex a $28.7 million dollar contract for "experimentation in the areas of establishing connectivity, operational experimentation, and special purpose experimentation. Experimentation will include connectivity demonstrations to Air Force ground sites and aircraft for experimental purposes" [1] so they are definitely eyeing it. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wideband_Global_SATCOM https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wideband_Global_SATCOM [1]: http://www.parabolicarc.com/2018/12/27/spacex-receives-287-million-usaf-contract-starlink-constellation/ http://www.parabolicarc.com/2018/12/27/spacex-receives-287-m...