Comment by dylan604
14 days ago
You can have the ability to launch 100 satellites in 10 days, but that doesn't really help if you don't have 100 satellites
14 days ago
You can have the ability to launch 100 satellites in 10 days, but that doesn't really help if you don't have 100 satellites
Well obviously you need to have a supply of replacements in stock. From a military perspective, think of satellites as rounds of ammunition that will be expended during a conflict.
I think it'd be more apropos to compare them to fighter jets/tanks vs bullets
Not really comparable. A new Starlink satellite costs ~$1M. A new F-35 costs ~$100M, and some of the guided missiles it carries actually cost more than the satellite. The militarized Starshield satellites probably cost more than their Starlink cousins but still I think you get the point that there are orders of magnitude differences in unit cost.
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