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Air Force

SpaceX Leader Talks Starlink Production, Reusability at Air Force Conference

By Vivienne Machi

Friday, February 28th, 2020

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SpaceX Leader Talks Starlink Production, Reusability at Air Force Conference

Space and Missile Systems Commander Gen. John "JT" Thompson speaks with Space X Founder and CEO Elon Musk Feb. 28, 2020 at the Air Force Association's Air Warfare Symposium in Orlando, Florida. (Image: Defense Department)

ORLANDO, Fla. – SpaceX has managed to bring the unit cost down to build its Starlink broadband internet satellites, but needs to do the same for its forthcoming Starship launch vehicle to achieve true cost savings to send the systems to orbit, leader Elon Musk said Feb. 28. It is now less costly for the company to build the Starlink satellites than it is to launch them into orbit, Musk, the company's founder and CEO, said Friday during a fireside…

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