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Comment by inemesitaffia

1 year ago

Launch customer yes. Investor no. That's Google and Fidelity Paying above the regular rate. Definitely

USAF fronted significant (40%? Those kinds of numbers were floating around) of initial operational capability costs.

  • I'd like to see an article or even an estimate. SpaceX spent 2.4 billion upfront on the dishes alone to ST Micro.

    I don't believe the AF spent anything more than 100m for whatever R&D program. And the money was post development.

    Was it a black budget thing?