Comments on: SpaceX completes second launch today, placing another 21 Starlink satellite into orbit https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/spacex-completes-second-launch-today-placing-another-21-starlink-satellite-into-orbit/ Sun, 15 Oct 2023 06:47:08 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Robert Zimmerman https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/spacex-completes-second-launch-today-placing-another-21-starlink-satellite-into-orbit/#comment-1430469 Sun, 15 Oct 2023 06:47:08 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=99401#comment-1430469 In reply to Blair Ivey.

Blair Ivey: It is those launch contracts that has caused some Amazon shareholders to sue the company, saying it chose badly by excluding SpaceX.

It would be mistake to rely on just SpaceX, but to not even consider it suggests the company’s board is not providing the shareholders full value on their shares.

]]> By: Blair Ivey https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/spacex-completes-second-launch-today-placing-another-21-starlink-satellite-into-orbit/#comment-1430468 Sun, 15 Oct 2023 06:41:23 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=99401#comment-1430468 The site for Project Kuiper (https://www.aboutamazon.com/what-we-do/devices-services/project-kuiper) claims 77 contracted launches with Arianespace, Blue Origin, and ULA. Given the current launch capability of these partners, curious if Musk X’d Bezos: “Got an F9 departing next Tuesday at 1900. Need a lift?’

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