Re:FCC has “serious doubts” that SpaceX can deliver latencie...
by TeMPOraL on Sunday June 14, 2020 @06:43PM
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> Not to mention that replacing hardware is expensive, and repair is basically impossible, so there are incentives to prioritize reliability over performance.
SpaceX is actually changing this equation quite a bit in case of Starlink - mass-produced satellites + much cheaper and more frequent launches = replacing hardware gets much cheaper, which means they can prioritize performance over reliability more than it's customary in the industry.
SpaceX is actually changing this equation quite a bit in case of Starlink - mass-produced satellites + much cheaper and more frequent launches = replacing hardware gets much cheaper, which means they can prioritize performance over reliability more than it's customary in the industry.