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15 Dec, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Excuse me @Defis_EU, but what is your source for this ranking? Awaiting for your feedback, allow me to share a few metrics. 1/
For instance when looking at global spacecraft production volume (left), and global mass launched in space by launcher manufacturing region (right), the European space sector is probably in 4th or 5th place. 2/
When considering the volume of institutional demand, again, Europe is in 4th or 5th position. Notice how the governments of China and the USA promote a volume of activity in their domestic industry which is almost one order of magnitude higher than in Europe. 3/
Regarding employment, the EU space manufacturing industry is strong of 50000 employees. I would presume that the additional 180000 are in the downstream sector? But is there a relevant comparison point with China, the USA or Russia for this value? 4/

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15 Dec
I was sifting through @VirginOrbit investor deck (because I am a masochist obviously) and I came across the 25B$ market projection for "Small-Satellite launch" by 2030. The reference source is "Prophesy Market Insights". So I looked it up on Google. 1/
virginorbit.com/wp-content/upl…
When I first saw the reference in the SEC filing for the merger I thought it was a typo. But when I see it spelt the same way in the investor deck I don't know what to think. Because the term "prophesy market insights" only yields 3 results on Google. 2/
google.com/search?q=%22pr…
So let's assume that it is indeed a typo (if so, it is repeated twice, in two similarly important documents), and let's correct it to "Prophecy Market Insights". This name actually yields a positive result. 3/
prophecymarketinsights.com
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13 Dec
@VirginOrbit #SPAC filings reveal the most insane market assessment ever. IDK who these 'Prophesy' guys are, but in 2019 the total launch market was 8B$ in value. The launch market for satellites <500kg (up to 'Mini') was <1B$/year in the past 5 years. 1/
sec.gov/Archives/edgar… ImageImage
I don't know if anybody will be held accountable for such a blatant overestimate of the small satellite launch market value, but luring investors in believing this business is 8B$/year is incredibly dishonest IMHO, particularly in light of the usual mantra of 'reduced costs'. 2/ Image
If that market value was correct, the average price of launching 42t of mini satellites (<500kg) in 2019 would have been close to 200k$/kg. A preposterous value: we know that small launch is expensive, but not THAT expensive! 3/ Image
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19 Nov
What's the cost of a #OneWeb satellite? A thread.
Yesterday at a round table, one of my co-panelists, Chris McLaughlin of @OneWeb reacted to my talk on constellation economics with a statement: "a OneWeb satellite cost 1,2M$". Now, what do the financial statements say?
1/
In order to double check the statement I have pulled down @OneWeb's financial statements and have looked at the value of property (as from March 2021).
oneweb.net/assets/news/me…
2/ Image
The "space component under construction" is worth 1046M$. We also learn that the satellites already in orbit are considered under construction and will not be depreciated 'until sufficient coverage has been created to offer a commercial service'.
3/ ImageImage
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27 Oct
@MorganStanley recently issued a report that puts the value of #SpaceX at $100B. Let me start by saying that @MorganStanley disclaims that it may have "conflicts of interests" affecting its "objectivity". It is my opinion that it also affects @MorganStanley's common sense.
1/
The @MorganStanley valuation of SpaceX is based on a series of very peculiar assumptions that are incredibly optimistic (tu put it nicely) from the perspectives of technology evolution, industrial costs and market uptake. Let's review them.
2/
80% of #SpaceX value, is based on #starlink. @MorganStanley assumes that the Starlink system performance will improve by at least two orders of magnitude in 20 years, enabling it to attract 300M subscribers at 20$/month in 2040, and generate billions of free cash after 2030.
3/
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14 Oct
What about some constellation economics for a change? I've been playing around with the data made available by @erikkulu on constellations and completed it with my own information on top. So let's have a look at the current status of commercial constellations.
1/
According to @Erikkulu there are >200 active commercial satellite constellations, in various stages of elaboration and deployment. Many only exist on paper, but quite a few (156) have secured some funding and/or have deployed prototypes, and/or initial capability.
2/
The total funding secured by the 156 constellations amounts to 17B$ approximately. Noting that the Top 10 gather 85% of the total funding, and the Top 5 are worth 70% of the total (they are: OneWeb, Iridium Next, Starlink, Globalstar 2G and SES O3b/mPOWER).
3/
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11 Oct
According to this video, there are historic shareholders in #SpaceX that are monetising their investment in SpaceX by peddling it in small bits to small cheque investors.

1/9
The youtuber shares his story, how he was approached by a "buddy" from a Tesla investors group to partake in the opportunity to buy SpaceX shares, "this is the opportunity of a lifetime", but it is not "official" and comes with unusual conditions attached. Let's have a look.
2/9
Condition 1) invest at the blink of an eye without any information "you have to wire the money in 2 days" without "any documentation" attached to the investment "no powerpoint from SpaceX", nothing, "i didn't even see the numbers"
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