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Looks like Starlink's market and revenue has been updated from an estimated $8.2 billion in 2024 to $11.8 billion. Amazing after just 6 years and 250 dedicated Starlink launches.https://spacenews.com/starlink-outpaces-launches-spacex-enters-new-era-of-profitability/
Quote from: phantomdj on 05/09/2025 02:25 pmLooks like Starlink's market and revenue has been updated from an estimated $8.2 billion in 2024 to $11.8 billion. Amazing after just 6 years and 250 dedicated Starlink launches.https://spacenews.com/starlink-outpaces-launches-spacex-enters-new-era-of-profitability/Ballparking 250 launches and hardware at $10B? That's one HELL of an ROI..
Quote from: meekGee on 05/09/2025 03:43 pmQuote from: phantomdj on 05/09/2025 02:25 pmLooks like Starlink's market and revenue has been updated from an estimated $8.2 billion in 2024 to $11.8 billion. Amazing after just 6 years and 250 dedicated Starlink launches.https://spacenews.com/starlink-outpaces-launches-spacex-enters-new-era-of-profitability/Ballparking 250 launches and hardware at $10B? That's one HELL of an ROI..I doubt it cost SpaceX $40M for each of those 250 flights especially since they charge most commercial and government customers a premium for first use of the booster and then SpaceX reuses them for Starlink flights 5 to 10 times or more but I understand your point. I'd probably cut that at least in half to $5B or $20M/flight plus we need to add all the previous years revenue to the total. It's been stated that they have been cash flow positive for a while now and I also would like to know what there margins are.
Quote from: meekGee on 05/09/2025 03:43 pmQuote from: phantomdj on 05/09/2025 02:25 pmLooks like Starlink's market and revenue has been updated from an estimated $8.2 billion in 2024 to $11.8 billion. Amazing after just 6 years and 250 dedicated Starlink launches.https://spacenews.com/starlink-outpaces-launches-spacex-enters-new-era-of-profitability/Ballparking 250 launches and hardware at $10B? That's one HELL of an ROI..The $11.8 Billion is probably gross revenue. Do we have any estimate for their margins?
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Quote from: DanClemmensen on 05/09/2025 03:50 pmQuote from: meekGee on 05/09/2025 03:43 pmQuote from: phantomdj on 05/09/2025 02:25 pmLooks like Starlink's market and revenue has been updated from an estimated $8.2 billion in 2024 to $11.8 billion. Amazing after just 6 years and 250 dedicated Starlink launches.https://spacenews.com/starlink-outpaces-launches-spacex-enters-new-era-of-profitability/Ballparking 250 launches and hardware at $10B? That's one HELL of an ROI..The $11.8 Billion is probably gross revenue. Do we have any estimate for their margins?Sure but still.They're not launching 250/yr but only half that, and revenue is increasing for a fixed capacity as new territories open up (Indian just today)It's a very profitable business.
Quote from: meekGee on 05/10/2025 12:54 amQuote from: DanClemmensen on 05/09/2025 03:50 pmQuote from: meekGee on 05/09/2025 03:43 pmQuote from: phantomdj on 05/09/2025 02:25 pmLooks like Starlink's market and revenue has been updated from an estimated $8.2 billion in 2024 to $11.8 billion. Amazing after just 6 years and 250 dedicated Starlink launches.https://spacenews.com/starlink-outpaces-launches-spacex-enters-new-era-of-profitability/Ballparking 250 launches and hardware at $10B? That's one HELL of an ROI..The $11.8 Billion is probably gross revenue. Do we have any estimate for their margins?Sure but still.They're not launching 250/yr but only half that, and revenue is increasing for a fixed capacity as new territories open up (Indian just today)It's a very profitable business.You don't know that...Looks the net margin of American Towers, for example...
Congrats to the @SpaceX team on completing the first generation Starlink Direct to Cell constellation!Working with cellular providers around the world, Direct to Cell enables unmodified cellphones to have connectivity in the most remote areas 🛰️🌎❤️ → http://starlink.com/direct-to-cell
India remains one of the hardest markets to access for foreign satellite operators. Will be huge if/when Starlink and other LEO constellations get access.
It was an honor to meet with Minister Scindia and hear his vision for expanding access to broadband internet.With our service licenses granted earlier this month, @Starlink is one step closer to serving the great people of India.
Had a productive meeting with Ms. @Gwynne_Shotwell, President & COO of @SpaceX, on India’s next frontier in connectivity. We delved into opportunities for collaboration in satellite communications to power Digital India’s soaring ambitions and empower every citizen across the country. With India’s digital revolution under the leadership of PM @narendramodi ji, satellite technologies are not just relevant, they’re transformative. Ms. Shotwell appreciated the license granted to @Starlink, calling it a great start to the journey.
Not sure how it is these days in other regions / countries, however in Czech Republic is Standard set (HW) offered for 0,- CZK (USD) with 12 months Resident tariff subscription. Is it usual offer now worldwide?<snip>
Quote from: pospa on 06/04/2025 06:33 amNot sure how it is these days in other regions / countries, however in Czech Republic is Standard set (HW) offered for 0,- CZK (USD) with 12 months Resident tariff subscription. Is it usual offer now worldwide?<snip>Got the same offer yesterday for Germany. Cheapest subscription is 29 Euro/month. Seems like Starlink now has some excess capacity over central Europe.
Starlink is committed to its mission to connect the unconnected to high-speed, low-latency internet.Over the past year, as millions of new users have been added to the network, speeds and latency continue to improve → http://starlink.com/networkupdate
NEWS: SpaceX has announced that they will begin launching its third-generation @Starlink satellites in the first half of 2026, which are expected to bring massive improvements."Each one of these new satellites is designed to provide over a terabit per second of downlink capacity (> 1,000 Gbps) and over 200 Gbps of uplink capacity to customers on the ground. This is more than 10x the downlink and 24x the uplink capacity of the second-generation satellites.Each Starlink launch of third-generation satellites on Starship is projected to add 60 Tbps of capacity to the network, more than 20 times the capacity added with each launch today. Additionally, third-generation satellites will use SpaceX’s next generation computers, modems, beamforming, and switching and will operate at low altitude to further improve the network’s latency."
