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Re:Starlink Mini 2 by estearum on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @09:13PM (#50462206)
I have literally been describing the exact same mechanism, which is the actual mechanism that you can actually read about in their financial statements, since this conversation started.
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Re:Starlink Mini 2 by ACCount39 on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @09:37PM (#50462378)
And what is that "mechanism", pray tell? I don't think you have one. Or ever had one, for that matter.

You can't just say "they're hiding the launch costs" and expect it to magically make Starlink unprofitable. Starlink has been bearing launch costs for its entire existence, and if anything, the advent of Starship is likely to make them lower, not higher.

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Re:Starlink Mini 2 by estearum on Thursday November 12, 2026 @05:21AM (#50465298)
Are you serious? Good lord. Take this article. Go take SpaceX's filings. Ask an LLM to explain how Starlink is accounted for and what the effects of that accounting method are.

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/d/depreciation.asp

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