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by aerospace_guy 1585 days ago
Amazon can launch Kuiper satellites on any launch vehicle, not just New Glenn.
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Sure, but who has capacity to take on any serious number of launches? And who can do it at a competitive price to make Kuiper anything but a financial disaster?

The answer is: nobody.

What made Starlink financially possible was SpaceX's lower launch costs and high capacity.