Diversified asset classes in the most valuable real estate today, that is orbit, are important. It's not wise, and nobody wants to try to create a world where it's just cheaper for anybody else to buy a service and resell it because 1 operator holds the major chunk of the destination and access to it; or do we? Once India’s consumption of a Starlink equivalent or Starlink per se begins, you know the numbers will be higher than anywhere in the world. Principally because, with no such sovereign/indigenous equivalent existing to begin with, the cons/strategic disadvantages in a volatile geopolitical world today far outweigh the pros. From a government’s perspective, it is a looming/apparent threat for any country to have a dependency that big without any counterpart that is indigenous given the use cases are wide and the tap can be shut off at any moment. We’d like to see India and the world have more choices in orbit. India is building and will have its own equivalent. Period. Maybe then the competition begins, when the birds get to orbit. Perhaps then, is the time to allow competition. Everyone loves an underdog; until it aims to compete. That's been the story with India for the most part. So the mass sentiment is valid. If that makes a few people uncomfortable, god bless.

Ugh, had to break the walkthrough into 2 parts; too long otherwise. Part 1 (today): the briefing and facility specs. Part 2: the workings of the facility with our engineers (integration, sequencing, etc.).

Was a wonderful conversation with @somani_utsav and @dhruvsharma_in! @OfflineOnAir @theguildworld