Comments on: European Commission finally awards contract to build its government Starlink-type constellation https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/european-commission-finally-awards-contract-to-build-its-government-starlink-type-constellation/ Sat, 02 Nov 2024 01:21:23 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: MDN https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/european-commission-finally-awards-contract-to-build-its-government-starlink-type-constellation/#comment-1529232 Sat, 02 Nov 2024 01:21:23 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=109645#comment-1529232 Bob:

I believe your math is in error as $10B divided by 290 satellites puts the cost at about $35M each, not $3.5M. Only proving the old adage that you can buy better, but you can’t pay more.

]]> By: Mike Borgelt https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/european-commission-finally-awards-contract-to-build-its-government-starlink-type-constellation/#comment-1529230 Sat, 02 Nov 2024 01:07:35 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=109645#comment-1529230 Another Euro vanity project from the continent of welfare serfs.

]]> By: Ronaldus Magnus https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/european-commission-finally-awards-contract-to-build-its-government-starlink-type-constellation/#comment-1529222 Fri, 01 Nov 2024 23:21:30 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=109645#comment-1529222 By the time the EUROs are ready to launch, will they contract with SpaceX to place the satellites in orbit? Falcon 9 and Starship are much less expensive than the Arianne.

]]> By: Icepilot https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/european-commission-finally-awards-contract-to-build-its-government-starlink-type-constellation/#comment-1529197 Fri, 01 Nov 2024 20:07:17 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=109645#comment-1529197 “… up … by 2030. The project was initially expected to cost approximately €6 billion.”
Apply base government incompetence fudge factor of x3 to cost & sched means 2040 & 18B euros.
Except that this is Europe, so => 2050 & 40B euros.

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