I wonder if it has something to do with the life span of the satellites. Most big investments like this last decades, while the satellites are looking at 5 year

I wonder if it has something to do with the life span of the satellites. Most big investments like this last decades, while the satellites are looking at 5 years. It's the downside for the upsides of low latency and not making a mess in space. They'll need a steady stream of launches to keep the network viable, and they'll need to do that until they have enough subscribers to cover the costs.