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> The report found that the US Agency for International Development, or USAID, paid $1,500 apiece for 1,333 terminals, adding up to around $2 million. > Accord
by boeingUH60 4y ago
> The report found that the US Agency for International Development, or USAID, paid $1,500 apiece for 1,333 terminals, adding up to around $2 million.
> According to space reporter Joey Roulette, SpaceX donated 3,667 terminals to Ukraine, or around $10 million worth, after also factoring in the three months of data it provided with the terminals.
https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/8/23016670/starlink-spacex-us-government-terminals-funding-usaid https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/8/23016670/starlink-spacex-u...
It seems both the US government and SpaceX donated terminals.
- nocoiner 4y agoUsing the government’s numbers, that’s $1500 per terminal. Using the space reporter’s numbers for the SpaceX “donation,” that’s about $2700 per terminal. I thought the retail price of a starlink terminal was in the $500-600 range?
- hunterb123 4y agoThe probably used the high performance dishes that are $2500 currently. https://www.starlink.com/specifications?spec=2 https://www.starlink.com/specifications?spec=2
- cma 4y agoThose weren't released at that point so it would have been weird not to tout them if it was the first deployment.