Hat Starlink das neue Weltraumrennen bereits gewonnen?
https://www.ft.com/content/b635423f-e721-454c-b75c-98d0ad8fedf1
Hat Starlink das neue Weltraumrennen bereits gewonnen?
https://www.ft.com/content/b635423f-e721-454c-b75c-98d0ad8fedf1
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No, they started it, but like other Musk companies, there will be better and more reliable competitors to follow. In 50 years we will think what could have been if he wasn’t a drugged up fiend.
tough race to call, lets look at the stats
leo: 180 satalites, some of which were launched by spacex. 0 customers
starlink: 4500 active, 6000+ launched. 9 million customers
the odds dont look good
AST is the future. Fuck elon musk
Most likely unless China steps in.
I can’t see any realistic US or European competitors given how much of a lead SpaceX has now. The total orbital vehicle gap is comedically ridiculous right now.
If they get Starship operational (which I expect will happen) then its over. The infrastructure moat will be so wide at that point I can’t see any other current players crossing it. SpaceX will just end up with a defacto monopoly.
People’s hatred of Musk really blind them to reality. Starlink has changed the game and they’re the only ones playing at the moment. Amazon Leo will most likely end up scrapping a lot of their New Glenn and Vulcan launches for SpaceX as the Falcon 9 is the only rocket in the world that Is launching at a cadence required to launch a full LEO constellation. It will be a couple years minimum before the competition achieves service comparable to Starlink, all the while paying SpaceX to get them there in the first place.
We get it, you hate musk, but regardless of that hate, SpaceX and Starlink are absolutely dominating both the launch and LEO communication industries.