Re:OneWeb will resume satellite launches with SpaceX as the ...
by headmelted on Monday March 21, 2022 @11:52AM
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Not really.
Starlink is their main competition, not SpaceX.
This just seems practical and in everyone’s best interest. SpaceX get another recurring paying customer, OneWeb get their sats up.
This is more common than you’d think when companies are large enough to have products in so many different categories.
As an example: Amazon runs Prime Video, but also hosts the infrastructure for Netflix, which to my knowledge Netflix has always been happy with despite relying on a direct competitor for their service.
Starlink is their main competition, not SpaceX.
This just seems practical and in everyone’s best interest. SpaceX get another recurring paying customer, OneWeb get their sats up.
This is more common than you’d think when companies are large enough to have products in so many different categories.
As an example: Amazon runs Prime Video, but also hosts the infrastructure for Netflix, which to my knowledge Netflix has always been happy with despite relying on a direct competitor for their service.