One thing's for certain. They are at least a year behind schedule, and
they have to have something like 1,600 sats in orbit by next year. That
means they'll need to put up around 100 sats per month in order to make
their deadline. I'm betting they aren't going to make it, and they'll
need to beg for an extension. Good luck with that, because Elon will be
pulling strings at the FCC.
bp
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On 4/30/2025 8:23 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote:
I wonder what Amazon’s business plan is. Has to be more than “connect
unserved areas of the globe” or “Jeff needs cool satellites like
Elon”. Maybe some kind of synergy with AWS?
Of course you never know with billionaire tech bros, could just be the
ego thing.
*From:*AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Trey Scarborough
*Sent:* Wednesday, April 30, 2025 10:07 AM
*To:* [email protected]
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: David vs Goliath: LEO internet service
Yeah its just a matter of time until there is a major outage due to
collision. Hopefully before hand they figure out a way to clean up all
the pieces. maybe some little space flying Wall-Es to clean it all up.
On 4/29/25 5:50 PM, Steve Jones wrote:
In this case, starlink is david (net value 72-137bn depending on
whether you guy by starlink value or spacex value) vs amazons
nearly 2 trillion dollar value.
using satellite count as reference, david has 10 family members
referenced in the Good Book vs goliaths 4.
So when goliath reaches a 4:10 satellite ratio, David will slay
him with a stone (space debris)
Id like to think a spacex controlled deorbit (davids stone) will
go awry and the thrusters will send it out bound,
striking goliaths forehead and starting a chain reaction of
goliath satellite crashes
On Tue, Apr 29, 2025 at 4:32 PM Bill Prince <[email protected]>
wrote:
I know, but they will never catch up. They only plan on
putting up 3,000 (at least so far). Starlink has applied for
something like 30,000.
bp
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On 4/29/2025 11:24 AM, Josh Luthman wrote:
Starlink started with 27, too. Give them more then 12
hours to catch up?
The launch was cool as usual, but it sure looked a LOT
faster than every other launch I've seen. Lots of
comments on how fast it was from the public/casters as well.
On Tue, Apr 29, 2025 at 2:16 PM Bill Prince
<[email protected]> wrote:
Amazon launched its first batch of 27 LEO satellites
yesterday
<https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/amazon-launches-27-satellites-to-begin-building-huge-project-kuiper-internet-constellation>.
That gives Kuiper 27, Starlink > 7,200.
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