Starlink Direct to Cell

Re:Starlink Direct to Cell by bpodgursky on Sunday November 24, 2024 @10:11PM (#42232892)

I'm sorry but if you think this has even a snowball's chance in hell of succeeding you need to learn more about the launch and satellite comms industries. This is political posturing, not a plan.

I don't want to spend hours typing on this so let's just say this; Arianespace is on the "team", so it's going to launch on Ariane 6, a rocket that was obsolete before it launched (and it was not a successful launch).

The idea that you can launch mass on Ariane6 to challenge Starlink is like saying you can win NASCAR on a horse and buggy. I'm not even exaggerating, that is literally the price differential between Starship and the rest. This initiative is a joke.

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Re:Starlink Direct to Cell by varjag on Monday November 25, 2024 @03:00AM (#42234175)

A6 maiden launch wasn't completely successful but that hardly matters in a debate involving SpaceX.

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Re:Starlink Direct to Cell by philipwhiuk on Monday November 25, 2024 @07:15PM (#42241434)

What matters more is that it won't launch again until 2025 and will never be cheap to launch due to the expensive SRBs.

And ESA knows this - hence the spluttering of paltry funds towards cheaper vehicles.

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Re:Starlink Direct to Cell by varjag on Tuesday November 26, 2024 @03:03AM (#42243508)

Naturally, as every other carrier elsewhere in the world save for Falcon.

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