Comments by "Martinit0" (@Martinit0) on "Can China’s Space Startups Challenge SpaceX?" video.

  1. Agree with Immanuel. Commercial launch business is a tiny market compared to the entire "space" market that includes satellites and satellite-based services. Look up Bryce Space Report for numbers. For 2019 commercial (i.e. non-gov) launch was barely $5B while the entire global space economy was $366B (incl. gov) and $271B for all except gov. Majority of commercial market is TV ($92B) and GNSS chipsets and navigation devices ($97B). This makes sense: the closer to the end-user, the bigger the market. By establishing StarLink SpaceX will substantially expand the Global Space TAM, not just taking away business from other launch operators. (10 million StarLink customers at $100 per month subscription is $12B annual revenue). TLDR: the money is in the services and devices provided to the end-users, not in launch. Bryce Space Report (2019): https://brycetech.com/reports/report-documents/Bryce_2019_Global_Space_Economy.png
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