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The operational costs of deploying Starlink satellites is somewhere in the rough ballpark of $1.16 million per satellite. Most of the Version 1s have been retired, and 6,938 satellites are currently active, with the operational constellation deployed over the last four years. We can crudely estimate that the ongoing CAPEX from deploying these satellites is approximately $2 billion a year. Even if we triple that number, we know their revenue totals are about $8 billion a year from Starlink services. Therefor, if we assume WCCTech's data is accurate, Starlink is already paying for Starship's development and is doing so profitably.
The operational costs of deploying Starlink satellites is somewhere in the rough ballpark of $1.16 million per satellite. Most of the Version 1s have been retired, and 6,938 satellites are currently active, with the operational constellation deployed over the last four years. We can crudely estimate that the ongoing CAPEX from deploying these satellites is approximately $2 billion a year. Even if we triple that number, we know their revenue totals are about $8 billion a year from Starlink services. Therefor, if we assume WCCTech's data is accurate, Starlink is already paying for Starship's development and is doing so profitably.
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