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Re:Google will pay SpaceX $920M per month for compute by bombcar on Saturday June 06, 2026 @03:07PM (#48427932)
Does Starlink pay SpaceX for launches?
Re:Google will pay SpaceX $920M per month for compute by rbanffy on Saturday June 06, 2026 @03:45PM (#48428294)
For SpaceX it’s critical to maintain a steady cadence. If they don’t, they lose institutional knowledge. If the cadence drops below a point, their effectiveness at reusing rockets will also drop, defects will creep in, and they’ll have higher fleet churn.
Re:Google will pay SpaceX $920M per month for compute by notahacker on Saturday June 06, 2026 @07:33PM (#48430178)
Yes. Amount is actually irrelevant, since if they underprice it SpaceX loses launch revenue, and if they overprice it Starlink looks less profitable.

The more important takeaways are that SpaceX's near-monopoly launch business is profitable but not nearly as big as Starlink, and Starlink is a good business but not one to justify a trillion dollar valuation