Amazon's satellite construction outpaces launch capacity; duopoly between Starlink and Amazon LEO.

Amazon's satellite construction outpaces launch capacity; duopoly between Starlink and Amazon LEO. | we're going to see, you know, again, a duopoly between Starlink and uh and LEO. ... Uh Amazon can build satellites faster than they can launch them. So the, you know, that's the issue. The supply chain is longer satellite construction, it's launch capacity.

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we're going to see, you know, again, a duopoly between Starlink and uh and LEO. ... Uh Amazon can build satellites faster than they can launch them. So the, you know, that's the issue. The supply chain is longer satellite construction, it's launch capacity.

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