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Re:A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has exploded at Cape Canaveral by mikeash on Thursday September 01, 2016 @04:46PM (#12408749)
They aren't built in very large numbers. There are maybe a couple dozen commsat launches per year, and they do have fairly different requirements a lot of the time. There are variables like frequency, spot size, transmission and receive power, and whether the satellite does any on-board processing or routing or whether it just acts like a "bent pipe." There is some standardization, but not a whole lot. Economies of scale just don't quite kick in enough yet.

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