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Musk: Starlink coverage in Crimea was disabled due to US sanctions
“At the time this happened, the region around, you Crimea was actually turned off. Now, the reason it was turned off was, actually, originally, was because the United States had sanctions and we're not allowed to actually, and that includes Crimea in the sancti…”
Sacks: FCC revoked $885M Starlink award claiming insufficient internet speed
“In 2023, The FCC canceled or revoked an eight hundred eighty-five million dollar contract with the company by claiming Starlink is not capable of providing high-speed internet.”
Palihapitiya: SpaceX uses stablecoins to collect global Starlink payments
“The point is that a lot of companies that you would never think, so for example, SpaceX uses these stable coins.”
Calacanis: Starlink generated $11.4B in revenue and $4.4B in operating income
“Starlink did 11.4 billion in revenue last year on 50% growth with 4.4 billion in operating income.”
Musk: Starlink latency can be under 20 milliseconds
“Because unlike the geosynchronous satellites, the latency is, you know, really can be less than 20 milliseconds.”
Sacks: Starship launches will add over 20x more Starlink bandwidth
“So basically, SpaceX has developed a new V-III satellite that has 10 X the bandwidth of its V-II satellite. So currently the Starlink network is powered by V-II satellites They deploy them on the Falcon nine rocket, and they launch about 27 satellites per laun…”