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by Tuna-Fish
2577 days ago
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The reason to expect Starlink to provide lower cost than VSAT is that SpaceX is currently paying less than $500k per functional Starlink sat (including both manufacturing and launch cost), and intends to dramatically reduce the cost from that before launching the larger stages of the constellation. In contrast, the geostationary satellites that are used by VSAT cost near billions per each. This three orders of magnitude difference in cost can be expected to be reflected in the price of the service. |
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