> And all of that adds to maybe 100k customers. They literally already have far more then that and they have only just started. They don't even have full cover

> And all of that adds to maybe 100k customers. They literally already have far more then that and they have only just started. They don't even have full coverage yet and have only just launched their mobile products and only just started their shipping products. Airplane and shipping industry isn't even really onboard yet, there is a huge costumer base there. The military, NASA and many other government organizations, has lots of uses for it as well. And that goes for other nations equivalence of those organizations as well (except maybe military depending on US policy on that). > “10k satellites that have to be replaced every few years” business Every generation the sats will get vastly better thus increasing the capacity and/or decreasing the price. At the same time the rocket technology gets vastly better decreasing the price considerably. This first iteration is by far the most expensive one.