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Elon hasn't successfully deployed a satellite since March. Over 1200 inactive satellites according to space-track.org and satellitemap.space. Yahoo now reports SpaceX willing to sell shares. (tiblur.com)

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[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (12 children)

Huh? They launched plenty of Starlink satellites since March, they may not be enough to keep up with the shutdowns, but rockets have been going up.

https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-log/

[–] lemmyisprettycool@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Spaceflight now is a blurb talking about the launches. There's no evidence these satellites are active. No defense contractor is waiting three months for a deployment. Also, no amount of Elon shill upvotes will convince anyone you are right when you are clearly completely wrong.

[–] atocci@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

There aren't any defense contractors involved in this, it's a commercial internet service from a for-profit company. They can take as long as they want to activate their satellites as long as they're still communicating with the ground, which they are.

[–] lemmyisprettycool@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

SpaceX is a defense contractor. They handle the majority of the United States govts. satellites. They are working with Northrup Grumman. They are definitely a defense contractor.

[–] atocci@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Fair, bad choice of words on my part. What I was trying to say is that Starlink isn't a government owned asset, it's a commercial product. While it has the potential for defense applications, the government has no reason to pressure them to activate satellites faster than SpaceX want to.

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