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Will Amazon buy launch capacity from SpaceX or wait until BO is ready to send up satellites? Bezos will want to use Amazon to prop up BO but the Amazon board has a fiduciary responsibility to Amazon's shareholders. Musk has often mixed the capabilities of his various companies and there have been some shareholder complaints but those were generally smaller issues. BO's slow pace means Kuiper might get shut out of the market if Amazon waits around for BO to get its act together. Before BO's announcement of a year long delay (which will probably grow), Kuiper was going to be six years away from being operational. Pushing that date back even further is going to make their argument for getting some of Starlink's orbital slots and radio frequencies less compelling.