Are we ready to see satellites built on an assembly line approach?

Re:Are we ready to see satellites built on an assembly line ... by walrus01 on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @03:53PM (#26960652)

This URL appears to be specific to 1U through 6U cubesats, which are considerably smaller and less capable than a single starlink satellite. Or Oneweb, the most recent other medium large volume satellite manufacturing project.

Of course neither company is publishing any photos/schematics or details whatsoever about their assembly line, because that's a competitive advantage.

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Re:Are we ready to see satellites built on an assembly line ... by portillo on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @05:02PM (#26961516)

There are multiple pictures of OneWeb´s assembly line in their website, https://onewebsatellites.com/factory/ , including pseudo-blueprints: https://bit.ly/32QSDBS

Still far from what you would expect from a truly automated production line, but it has dedicated stations that allows workers to assemble multiple satellites in parallel.

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Re:Are we ready to see satellites built on an assembly line ... by cosmosguru on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @03:57PM (#26960709)

These smaller satellites can support cameras, low data rate communications like IOT via space, etc.

I guess if you consider space as the 'highway', the size of the satellites can be motorcycles, small cars to big trucks!

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