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Re:With latency as low as 25ms, SpaceX to launch broadband s... by extrapickles on Wednesday May 03, 2017 @03:59PM (#14259453)
One possibility is passing laws/regulations about how many sats can be in a orbital plane or single launch, as they will want to launch dozens, if not the full 53 they want to put in a plane, with a single booster to reduce costs.

They could also get some silly RF regulations passed that make it not feasible economically.

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Re:With latency as low as 25ms, SpaceX to launch broadband s... by kuschku on Wednesday May 03, 2017 @04:50PM (#14259935)
Then the operator of the constellation would just shift to using Arianespace as launch provider (which is equally expensive at the moment).
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