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This is certainly an issue, launch capacity is likely to dwarf demand for a while, but on the other hand generic cubesat technology has been commoditised and ea
by simonh 5y ago
This is certainly an issue, launch capacity is likely to dwarf demand for a while, but on the other hand generic cubesat technology has been commoditised and easily available for a while. A basic kit costs well under $10k. This is partly why starlink has been able to ramp up so quickly, the tech in the satellites themselves doesn't have to be super ground-breaking. The constraint at the moment stopping every educational institution from many many high schools up having their own small sat, or even a fleet is launch costs. I can easily see Starship launching tens of thousands of cubesats a year for organisations all over the world within a few years.