If you look at Iridium and adjust for inflation the cost should be easily attainable since it was a public company. Fundamentally the same network right?
On Mon, Jun 3, 2019, 7:44 PM Carl Peterson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Only 10 launches a year on F9. Say 15m for S2, 10m for S1 (assume 5x > reuse & refurb cost). So 1/4b per year in launch costs. Assume another > 1/4b for the birds and 1/4b for ops. You've got a world wide network for > 3/4b per year. > > > On Jun 3, 2019, at 5:55 PM, Matt Hoppes < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > Eeeeek. That’s rather expensive. > > > >> On Jun 3, 2019, at 6:50 PM, Bill Prince <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Once they get all the bird flying, one estimate is that they will have > to launch ~~ 600 per year just to replace the dead ones. > >> > >> > >> bp > >> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> > >> > >>> On 6/3/2019 3:19 PM, Matt Hoppes wrote: > >>> How do you maintain a fleet of that many satellites? Or do you just > let one fail and send a new one up? > >>> > >>>> On Jun 3, 2019, at 3:28 PM, Robert Andrews <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>>> > >>>> If I don't have to sign a NDA, I'll share what I find out... > >>>> > >>>>> On 06/03/2019 11:23 AM, Seth Mattinen wrote: > >>>>> Anyone planning to get one and give it a try? > >>>> -- > >>>> AF mailing list > >>>> [email protected] > >>>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > >> > >> -- > >> AF mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > > -- > > AF mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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