SpaceX may spend billions to outsource Starlink satellite-dish production, an industry insider says — and could lose $2,000 on each one it sells. * SpaceX rece

SpaceX may spend billions to outsource Starlink satellite-dish production, an industry insider says — and could lose $2,000 on each one it sells. * SpaceX recently launched a public beta test for Starlink, its growing network of internet-beaming satellites. * Test subscribers pay $100 per month for broadband-like service, plus a $500 fee for a starter kit that includes a "UFO on a stick" user terminal, or satellite dish. * But each user terminal contains a phased-array antenna, which industry experts say can't be made for less than $1,000. * SpaceX hired STMicroelectronics to manufacture Starlink user terminals, a person with knowledge of the agreement told Business Insider. * The contract with the Swiss-headquartered manufacturing giant calls for the production of 1 million terminals and may be worth billions of dollars, the person said.