The launch cost of a Starlink satellite is so low that it is hard for outsiders to imagine.
Through repeated launches of the Falcon 9, the launch cost of each Starlink satellite can be reduced to only 500,000 US dollars.
(Now it really is 500,000)
However, this does not mean that Starlink's cost is lower.
In addition to launch costs, there are also manufacturing costs for 15,000 Starlink satellites.
Another crucial issue is that, due to their low production cost, Starlink satellites only have a normal operating life of five years.
If affected by geomagnetic storms, Starlink satellites could be destroyed in large numbers.
Previously, a g1-class geomagnetic storm was triggered by an M-class solar flare.
The geomagnetic storm lasted for more than four hours and was accompanied by coronal mass ejections toward Earth.
The solar flare directly rendered forty newly launched Starlink satellites obsolete.
The combined effect of various factors has resulted in the high cost of the Starlink satellite matrix.
From a civilian perspective, Starlink is much faster and more stable than previous satellite communications.
Currently, most flights on Earth have internet access via Starlink satellites.
Except for flights to and from China.
Starlink can render China's Great Firewall ineffective.
This is unacceptable to China, therefore no Chinese airline has purchased Starlink service.
Starlink is expensive to use and requires the purchase of hardware.
Starlink hardware can be easily intercepted at the customs stage.
Even those who are truly capable of obtaining Starlink equipment within China cannot prevent him from accessing the internet freely.
Musk is not an ideological fighter; he has certain shared interests with China.
Musk is unlikely to offend China for something so vague as to force Starlink into China through private channels.
The cost of Starlink in the civilian sector is unaffordable for most families.
Even families in America would find the cost a bit high, let alone those in China.
Spending over ten thousand yuan a year on network fees is enough to buy n Shadowrocket nodes.
This thing isn't as serious as people online make it out to be. If we're just talking about controlling GFW (Great Firewall), there's not much need for it.
Those who are truly capable of handling Starlink will not lack similar methods, even within China.
Starlink's greatest role is in the military, greatly increasing the communication capabilities of any location in the world under extreme conditions.
Because Starlink is disguised as a civilian product, governments around the world, especially China and Russia, have no way to stop the launch of Starlink satellites through military means.
Even though everyone knows that Starlink's purpose is not pure, SPAASA and the American military have taken in a large number of researchers.
SpaceX is pushing Starlink despite operating at a loss, thanks to the support of America.
The reason why Starlink satellites are so easily damaged and can only operate in Earth's orbit for a few years before becoming obsolete is largely to avoid arousing the vigilance of other countries.
These are just civilian satellites, but there are a lot of them.
If the satellites used were even better, and also equipped with remote sensing capabilities, this would be absolutely unacceptable to other countries.
The lunar space station has occupied the orbit that America built in its plan to establish a lunar base.
The launch of Starlink satellites also occupies a large number of satellite orbits and frequency bands.
This has a far more serious impact on China than the so-called restraint of the Great Firewall.
Another very important point is the integration of the industrial chain.
The large-scale deployment of Starlink has enabled SpaceX to achieve manufacturing capabilities across the entire space industry chain, including launch, satellite manufacturing, satellite operation, and terminal manufacturing.
SpaceX has successfully created a closed-loop industrial chain through this, and has already achieved a balance between income and expenditure.
Of course, this balance of income and expenditure is only on the surface; in reality, it is still some distance away from true balance.
On the surface, this refers to the fact that, backed by the will of the American government, American airlines, fire service companies, and other businesses paying SpaceX for Starlink internet services at significantly higher prices than normal.
It will be able to use normal terrestrial communication services and will also adopt Starlink in order to support SpaceX.
Such administrative support played a crucial role in SpaceX's ability to break even on the Starlink project.
Because America's influence extends beyond its home country to include many of its allies, with Japan and Korea being prime examples of wealthy and obedient partners.
China has temporarily taken the lead over America in lunar space stations and lunar bases, but it still has a long way to go in the overall space industry.
For example, the differences between space fuel and aircraft engines are very obvious.
Back then, Apollo 1 took only 75 hours to travel from Earth to the Moon, while fifty years later, the Chang'e 1 probe took about eleven days to travel from Earth to the Moon.
According to the information just released by the NASA spokesperson at a press conference, America will make its first attempt to land on Mars next year.
And it was a real landing on Mars, not a simulated landing.
"The Americans are anxious. Currently, traditional partners of the International Space Station, such as the Europa League, Russia, Japan, and Canada, are all talking to us about cooperation on a lunar base."
They are used to the aerospace industry revolving around them and are eager to regain their lead in the aerospace field.
It's not a technological lead, but a clear lead in the eyes of outsiders.
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