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The money quote imo, I haven't read this explicitly stated before: Shotwell said the company’s board of directors in 2012 realized the profit margins from the
by marktangotango 7y ago
The money quote imo, I haven't read this explicitly stated before:
Shotwell said the company’s board of directors in 2012 realized the profit margins from the commercial satellites it was launching for customers were “much higher” than SpaceX’s launch business. Musk estimates Starlink could generate more than $30 billion per year – at least 10 times what SpaceX could bring in at best from its launch business.
What other customers businesses will they seek to cannibalize next?
- nradov 7y agoIridium isn't really a direct competitor to Starlink. The Iridium ground station can be much smaller (like a cell phone) and it's intended for a different set of customers with much lower data bandwidth requirements.
- oh_sigh 7y agoIs there any reason future starlink satellites couldn't have similar functionality? If 1% of the planned starlink satellites also supported the 1.6GHz band which I believe iridium uses, you could blanket the earth in a similar manner with this low bandwidth service.