<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On Mon, May 1, 2023 at 2:01 PM David P. Reed via Starlink <<a href="mailto:starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net">starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><font face="arial" size="2"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial;font-size:10pt">> Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2023 14:48:51 -0700 (PDT)</p>
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<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial;font-size:10pt">> From: David Lang <<a href="mailto:david@lang.hm" target="_blank">david@lang.hm</a>><br>...</p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial;font-size:10pt">> the V2 mini satllites do not have the same capability as the full V2 satellites,<br>> they are cut down in capacity as well as in size to fit them on a Falcon 9.<br>> <br>> I would not be surprised to see v2 satellites launched on Starship later this<br>> year.<br>> <br>> Gwen Shotwell said late last year that they had a quarter of Starlink having<br>> positive cash flow, and that it's expected to be profitable in 2023<br><br></p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial;font-size:10pt">"Quarter of Starlink having positive cash flow" means what exactly? I.'ve never heard a quarter of a corporation having positive cash flow as any kind of business metric.</p></div></font></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Meaning, for one fiscal quarter (ie a 3-month period) they made more money than they spent. "...they had a quarter of..." means the 3-month period of the calendar (a quarter), not 25% of the business. :)</div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature">Freddie Cash<br><a href="mailto:fjwcash@gmail.com" target="_blank">fjwcash@gmail.com</a></div></div>