Re:US agency will not reinstate $900M subsidy for Starlink
by Uzza on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @09:31AM
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They did not say Starship was a requirement for Starlink, they said they could use it when ready to speed up the rollout.
SpaceX has been launching the Gen2 satellites, originally intended to be launched on Starship, on Falcon 9 instead.
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Re:US agency will not reinstate $900M subsidy for Starlink
by turquoisevar on Thursday December 14, 2023 @01:59PM
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They explicitly stated in the plan they submitted to the FCC that they would use Starship, going as far as to say that they’re completely going to stop using the Falcon for Starlink in a letter to the FCC.
The letter was even picked up by media who then reported on this early last year.
https://spacenews.com/spacex-goes-all-in-on-starship-configu...