From: Freddie Cash <fjwcash@gmail.com>
To: "David P. Reed" <dpreed@deepplum.com>
Cc: starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net
Subject: Re: [Starlink] a bit more starship news
Date: Mon, 1 May 2023 14:05:41 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAOjFWZ62bPiyginvJ6Gkb6KEq2epjt=C=Km5cvJuWe7nFDCGvA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
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On Mon, May 1, 2023 at 2:01 PM David P. Reed via Starlink <
starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net> wrote:
> > Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2023 14:48:51 -0700 (PDT)
>
> > From: David Lang <david@lang.hm>
> ...
>
> > the V2 mini satllites do not have the same capability as the full V2
> satellites,
> > they are cut down in capacity as well as in size to fit them on a Falcon
> 9.
> >
> > I would not be surprised to see v2 satellites launched on Starship later
> this
> > year.
> >
> > Gwen Shotwell said late last year that they had a quarter of Starlink
> having
> > positive cash flow, and that it's expected to be profitable in 2023
>
> "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.
>
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. :)
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Freddie Cash
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2023-05-01 21:01 ` David P. Reed
2023-05-01 21:05 ` Freddie Cash [this message]
2023-05-01 21:09 ` David Lang
2023-05-01 22:32 ` Ulrich Speidel
2023-05-01 22:45 ` David Lang
2023-04-30 12:48 Dave Taht
2023-04-30 21:48 ` David Lang
2023-05-03 2:42 ` Luis A. Cornejo
2023-05-03 2:45 ` Dave Taht
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