From: nospam@127.0.0.1   
      
   JF Mezei  writes:   
      
   > On 2021-05-11 22:35, David Spain wrote:   
   >   
   >> Bingo. And why Canad will be using Starlink and not Teledesic from 20   
   >> years ago.   
   >   
   > Telesat apparently doesn't intend to sell retail, but rather sell   
   > uplinks to an wireline ISPs in a town. (Or perhaps get ISPs to resell   
   > the service direct to home with Telesat not doing retail).   
   >   
   >> Even if you wanted to launch them yourself, who would you use to launch   
   >> them? ArianeSpace? China? Russia? At pre-SpaceX prices? I remember the   
   >> number from the 1990s was $250 million per launch. Sunk Teledesic.   
   >   
   > And that applies to any other LEO satellite constellation wannabe.   
   > Telesat "make them higher orbit" is smart because that means thet last   
   > longer.   
      
   And maybe need fewer of them. We'll see. Not holding my breath.   
      
   >   
   > Someone competing against Spacex at same altitude will need to pay the   
   > big bucks for constantly launches to replenish the constellation.   
   >   
      
   Someone competing against SpaceX had better have the equivalent of   
   Starship technology to do it with, or forgettaboutit.   
      
   >   
   > Even SpaceX may find its cheap launches expensive for the types of   
   > revenues Starlink will generate (and cost of base stations etc).   
      
   I seriously doubt that.   
      
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   Dave   
      
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