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A comment on Ask HN: Did Google/Alphabet ever try to build a Starlink?.

Re:Ask HN: Did Google/Alphabet ever try to build a Starlink? by orionblastar on Wednesday December 04, 2024 @08:53PM (#42324026)
Rockets are expensive Google should team with Blue Horizons or SpaceX to use their rockets to launch their version of Starlink or rent Starlink's satellites for cheaper to establish their Internet in space.
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Re:Ask HN: Did Google/Alphabet ever try to build a Starlink? by bwock on Wednesday December 04, 2024 @09:54PM (#42324340)
Meta tried that, but unfortunately their satellite was on one of the few rockets that blew up ...
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Re:Ask HN: Did Google/Alphabet ever try to build a Starlink? by justinclift on Thursday December 05, 2024 @02:24AM (#42325828)
> their satellite was on one of the few rockets that blew up

So there was some positive aspect to losing that rocket after all. :)

A world where meta has the global satellite network happening instead of current StarLink would likely be a worse one for humanity.

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