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Old May 27th 19, 04:28 PM posted to sci.space.policy
Fred J. McCall[_3_]
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Default Two Starships in "bolas" rotation

William Elliot wrote on Mon, 27 May 2019 00:28:16
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On Sun, 26 May 2019, Fred J. McCall wrote:
Jeff Findley wrote on Sun, 26 May 2019
And keep in mind the lifetime of these satellites is relatively
short (from memory something like 3-5 years), so this isn't a "one
time" thing. If Starlink is successful, SpaceX will be
continuously launching its own Starlink satellites for some time to
come.


Yep. They're going to have to replace something like 2500 satellites
a year once the full system is up.


A huge investement that has to constantly tread water? Insanity!


Perhaps, but they're hardly the only ones building up such a system so
there's probably money to be made there.


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