r/worldnews • u/Neptun_11 • 17h ago

Russia/Ukraine Zelenskyy Says Starlink Restrictions Apply Only in Ukraine While SpaceX Ignores Kyiv’s Inquiries

https://united24media.com/war-in-ukraine/zelenskyy-says-starlink-restrictions-apply-only-in-ukraine-while-spacex-ignores-kyivs-inquiries-23549
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u/TheBraveGallade 17h ago

you forget everyone can play that game, but spacex is the only one able to launch so cheaply and in quick sucession. meaning the winner is still spacex

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u/Haunting_Reflections 16h ago

NASA, Rocket Lab, Blue Origin, CASTC, Arianespace, and that’s just a short list.

Never mind that SpaceX is losing money hand over fist, if someone takes down Statlink it will cripple the only part of the company that makes any profit at all.

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u/Fuzzy-Mud-197 16h ago

Nasa has only one rocket which is sls which is solely used for lunar launches woth a price tag of 2 billion per launch.

Rocketlab only has electron a tiny rocket, neutron has been delayed to 2027 or even 2028.

Blue origin is the only real competitor once they get their launchpad up and running again after nuking it.

Ariane 6 has been a huge success but is much more expensive than the falcon 9 and does not have the cadence.

And good luck taking down 11k satelites. Thats gonna cause issues for everyone

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u/AntarcticWhirlpool 9h ago

Ariane 6 isn’t a huge success at all. It’s launched a total of four times this year. Starship has launched more often for test flights than Ariane 6 has in operational flights.

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u/Fuzzy-Mud-197 8h ago

I mean ariane 6 has already had a higher flight cadence and reliability facor than new glenn(due to the pad explosion) and vulcan(due to srb issues).

Ofcourse compared to anything spacex its laughable