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		adgjlsfhk1 3 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google to pay SpaceX $920M a month for compute cap... given that SpaceX is choosing what price they're charging starlink, there's a reasonable argument that starlink isn't profitable either
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bryanlarsen 3 days ago [–]

That's in the IPO documents. Starlink had $11.4 billion in revenue and $4.4 billion in operating profit in 2025. Falcon9 had ~$4 billion in revenue, so they didn't cheat by subsidizing starlink with Falcon9.

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