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Re:Musk shakes up SpaceX in race to make satellite launch wi... by shaklee3 on Thursday November 01, 2018 @09:38AM (#18353739)
Where did you read that? The article specifically stated he wants less complicated satellites, and most of their technology is not in-house. SpaceX isn't making space-grade rf equipment with 300 people.
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Re:Musk shakes up SpaceX in race to make satellite launch wi... by nickik on Thursday November 01, 2018 @06:50PM (#18359173)
Not everything technical they do is done at that location. SpaceX has between 6000 and 7000 people. SpaceX already does lots of in-house electronics, for Falcon 9 and of course Dragon.

They have the propulsion system in-house and I think I have also read that they are doing the ground terminals themselves.

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Re:Musk shakes up SpaceX in race to make satellite launch wi... by shaklee3 on Thursday November 01, 2018 @11:14PM (#18360434)
The article was only about spacex satellites, so that was the context of the thread. I mentioned originally that they're not ahead of other companies in the satellite space. They are definitely ahead in the launch category.
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