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I love how the headline isn't "SpaceX has more operating satellites in orbit than any other company." or "SpaceX launches 240 satellites in 90 days." it is "Spa
by ChuckMcM 7y ago
I love how the headline isn't "SpaceX has more operating satellites in orbit than any other company." or "SpaceX launches 240 satellites in 90 days." it is "SpaceX fails to land the booster stage on their latest flight."
That is pretty amazing to me.
- Razengan 7y agoThe Tall Poppy Syndrome: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tall_poppy_syndrome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tall_poppy_syndrome
- hawaiianbrah 7y agoThis says that Planet Labs has over 300 satellites: https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/private-company-launches-largest-fleet-of-satellites-in-human-history-to-photograph-earth-60-minutes/ https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/private-company-launches-la...
- ChuckMcM 7y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_Starlink https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_Starlink Shows 302 Starlink satellites although only 240 are v1.0, next month with the Starlink 6 mission it will be moot :-)