World News Headlines September 9, 2021 Under One Ceiling 0 SpaceX produces only 5,000 Starlink dishes per week 0 0000 0 0 more SpaceX produces only 5,000 Starlink dishes per week September 9, 2021 Under One Ceiling now playing Transferring money from UAE abroad: what are my cheapest options September 9, 2021 Under One Ceiling WIN With Nespresso This Mother’s Day September 9, 2021 Under One Ceiling NBA Playoffs 2022: A Casual Fan's Guide to the Postseason September 9, 2021 Under One Ceiling Best New Climbing Gear of 2022 September 9, 2021 Under One Ceiling A Local Weekend Travel Guide to Austin, Texas September 9, 2021 Under One Ceiling First Drive: 2022 Range Rover Ups the Luxury SUV Experience September 9, 2021 Under One Ceiling Most Stylish Rain Jackets, Parkas, and Trench Coats for Men September 9, 2021 Under One Ceiling EU eyes Russian oil import ban as Moscow strikes western Ukraine September 9, 2021 Under One Ceiling World-class Clark Int’l Airport opens new 110,000 square-meter passenger terminal September 9, 2021 Under One Ceiling PCG: Bodies of 5 children who drowned in Taal Lake found September 9, 2021 Under One Ceiling SpaceX produces only 5,000 Starlink dishes per week SpaceX is reportedly churning out only 5,000 Starlink dishes each week for the satellite internet service. But the company is preparing to boost manufacturing later this year to help meet the massive consumer demand. SpaceX CFO Bret Johnsen revealed the manufacturing numbers during Tuesday’s Satellite 2021 conference in Maryland, according to reporters in attendance. Tweet may have been deleted Tweet may have been deleted The company currently has over 600,000 pre-orders for Starlink. So producing only 5,000 dishes per week means SpaceX would need more than two years to address its backlog. Waiting that long would be especially painful for prospective Starlink users since many are saddled with unbearably slow internet speeds. The good news is that SpaceX plans on increasing the 5,000-dish capacity by “multiples” in the coming months, according to Johnsen’s remarks at the conference. Tweet may have been deleted SpaceX has blamed the ongoing chip shortage for limited Starlink dish manufacturing, a necessary requirement for a consumer to connect to the company’s satellite internet network. The dishes are also expensive to make. The company sells them to consumers for $499 as a one-time fee for Starlink. But originally, the first dishes cost SpaceX $3,000 to produce before the company managed to reduce the manufacturing to $1,500 and then $1,300. Last month, SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell said the dish production cost is expected to fall even more. “The ones we will have later this year will cost roughly half of what our current user terminals cost,” she said at the annual Space Symposium event. “And then we think we’ll be able to cut that in half yet again.” Whether this means SpaceX will also reduce the $499 Starlink dish cost to consumers remains unclear. But lowering it would make Starlink more affordable, particularly for users on a budget. Subscriber also must pay $99 a month for the internet service. Related Related posts: EU diplomats say they barely considered letting Americans in for Europe’s reopening: ‘The US was never going to make it’ PETA releases footage of India ‘wet markets’ selling charred monkey hands and dogs waiting for slaughter. Warns that the ‘wet markets’, where live animals are sold, act as ‘breeding grounds’ for deadly diseases. tags: RSS Feed World News 0000 0 0 previous Samsung's Galaxy Z Flip 3 is not the future of phones next ExpressVPN review: Fast speed and security make it totally worth the cost
