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To: Moonman62

"According to Musk, SpaceX has actually entirely gotten rid of a satellite-dispenser middle-man, instead relying on the structure of the satellites themselves to act as their own launch adapters and deployment mechanisms."'

Starlink is a satellite constellation development project underway by ... SpaceX, to develop a low-cost, high-performance satellite bus and requisite customer ground transceivers to implement a new space-based Internet communication system. SpaceX also plans to sell satellites that use a satellite bus that may be used for military, scientific or exploratory purposes.

11 posted on 05/12/2019 6:55:25 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: PIF

SpaceX also plans to sell satellites that use a satellite bus that may be used for military, scientific or exploratory purposes.

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Satellites are much more profitable than rockets.


13 posted on 05/12/2019 7:13:04 AM PDT by Moonman62 (Facts are racist.)
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