From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.lang.hm (unknown [66.167.227.145]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ADH-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.bufferbloat.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0CE623B29E for ; Mon, 1 May 2023 17:09:29 -0400 (EDT) Received: from dlang-mobile (unknown [10.2.2.69]) by mail.lang.hm (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00B6C18AA42; Mon, 1 May 2023 14:09:28 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 1 May 2023 14:09:27 -0700 (PDT) From: David Lang To: "David P. Reed" cc: starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net In-Reply-To: <1682974911.992311793@apps.rackspace.com> Message-ID: References: <1682974911.992311793@apps.rackspace.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; BOUNDARY="===============0020890119214869419==" Subject: Re: [Starlink] a bit more starship news X-BeenThere: starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: "Starlink has bufferbloat. Bad." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 01 May 2023 21:09:29 -0000 This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --===============0020890119214869419== Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII On Mon, 1 May 2023, David P. Reed via Starlink wrote: >> Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2023 14:48:51 -0700 (PDT) > >> From: David Lang > ... >> 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. that it earns more money than it spent in that 3 month period, and expected to do the same in 2023. SpaceX is private (so it doesn't have to impress the Wall Street clueless folks), it deosn't get 'cost plus' contracts. There is far less incentive to do creative accounting than if either of these were true. David Lang --===============0020890119214869419== Content-Type: text/plain; CHARSET=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: BASE64 Content-ID: <73s5596n-2o21-s515-n70s-prr702p70ro8@ynat.uz> Content-Description: Content-Disposition: INLINE X19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX18KU3Rhcmxpbmsg bWFpbGluZyBsaXN0ClN0YXJsaW5rQGxpc3RzLmJ1ZmZlcmJsb2F0Lm5ldApodHRwczovL2xpc3Rz LmJ1ZmZlcmJsb2F0Lm5ldC9saXN0aW5mby9zdGFybGluawo= --===============0020890119214869419==--