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Palantir and SpaceX sued the US government for first defense contracts
“Palantir and Roland, SpaceX, all had to sue the government for the first big contract, because the primes were sophisticated at selling, sophisticated protecting their interests.”
Emil Michael Jan 9, 2026 ▶ 18:45 Pentagon Chief: 6 Weapons That Will Prevent WW3 · Joe Lonsdale
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Cinnamon: SpaceX Holds Pricing Power and Has Raised Small Satellite Prices Annually
“And in fact, the price has gone up every year since then. So they have the pricing power. Now it's still very affordable, right? Like, if you rewind to 2015 or 20 10 to launch, ah, our, like, small satellite, like Aries, you'd be looking at 10 to twenty millio…”
Ian Cinnamon Aug 13, 2025 ▶ 16:56 From Palantir to Space Defense: Building a $100 Billion Company · Joe Lonsdale
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Blank: SpaceX is the largest satellite manufacturer, surpassing traditional primes
“The largest satellite manufacturer is not Northrop Grumman or Lockheed or Boeing. It's SpaceX, right? Have a factory that makes this at scale at a scale unimaginable”
Steve Blank Nov 22, 2024 ▶ 20:02 How Elon Musk’s SpaceX Is Embarrassing The U.S. Government · Joe Lonsdale
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Cinnamon: Satellite architecture shifted to proliferated constellations around 2019
“Around 2019, the architecture started to shift towards what they call proliferation and attritability.”
Ian Cinnamon Aug 13, 2025 ▶ 18:17 From Palantir to Space Defense: Building a $100 Billion Company · Joe Lonsdale
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Cinnamon: SpaceX launches about 2,000 Starlink satellites annually
“But he launches about 2000 per year.”
Ian Cinnamon Aug 13, 2025 ▶ 28:52 From Palantir to Space Defense: Building a $100 Billion Company · Joe Lonsdale
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Kimbal Musk: Starship fuselage is bigger than a Boeing 747
“I mean, if you look at Starship, it's big, it's the actual fuselage is bigger than a seven 47.”
Kimbal Musk Jun 29, 2021 ▶ 24:01 Kimbal Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, The Kitchen, and Launching His First Company with Elon · Joe Lonsdale
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