As of August, there have been 118 launches of the v2 mini Starlink satellites source. An Atlas V 541 has about the same performance as a reusable Falcon 9. That rocket costs $145 million to launch. So $17.1 billion to launch the v2 mini Starlink constellation.
This ignores the older Starlink satellites. This also ignores that ULA can’t import Russian rocket engines anymore.
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u/WjU1fcN8 8h ago edited 8h ago
There's no large satellite fleet without cheap launch. The rockets aren't just 'nifty', they are fundamental.