> Maybe an extreme solar storm or super nova. Could be. I don't know how long it takes to build a Minotaur rocket. I know most of the traditional launch prov

> Maybe an extreme solar storm or super nova. Could be. I don't know how long it takes to build a Minotaur rocket. I know most of the traditional launch providers (ULA, ESA, etc.) have pretty long lead times for rocket launches, but some of the newer ones are actually quite quick. Rocketlabs is making good progress towards making a new rocket in a week (they can already make one in less than a month). SpaceX probably takes longer to build a complete rocket, but 1. They have a stock of existing first stages since they reuse their rockets 2. They probably have a stock of in production second stages and fairings since they are trying to do a Starlink launches every 2 weeks or so. I'm not saying you're wrong. Just that we'd need to launch a lot of satellites pretty urgently for that to make sense.