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Starlink Making a Space Grab

Doug Dawson





I'm guessing that Starlink is already starting to play the regulatory game. For example, if they can't meet the launch dates over the US in that time frame, then some of the constellations might not work in the US. If the company eventually launches all of the satellites it has announced, then every satellite would not need to serve customers everywhere. If the ITU adopts a timeline similar to the US, then it's likely that other countries won't award spectrum to every one of the Starlink constellations. Starlink will be happy if each country gives it enough spectrum to be effective there. Starlink's strategy might be to flood the sky with so many satellites that they can provide service anywhere as long as at least a few of their constellations are awarded spectrum in each country. There are likely to be countries like North Korea, and perhaps China that won't allow any connections with satellite constellations that bypass their web firewalls.



By Doug Dawson, President at CCG Consulting
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Doug, SpaceX says they plan to launch Larry Press  –  Dec 13, 2019 4:11 PM PST

Doug, SpaceX says they plan to launch 60-satellites using reusable Falcon rockets every two weeks and when the Starships are flying they will have a 400-satellite capacity (http://www.circleid.com/posts/20191106_what_to_expect_from_spacex_starlink_broadband_service/). It's hard to see any of the others keeping up with that if SpaceX can pull it off. (Though that in itself does not guarantee success).

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