HUGE! SpaceX just flew Starship into orbit for the first time, deploying 26 production Starlink V3 satellites along the way.
SpaceX's CFO called it the rocket's first revenue-generating flight, since every earlier mission only carried demo satellites that burned up on re-entry.
The V3 upgrade is a big jump:
→ Each satellite adds 1 Tbps of capacity, 10x a V2 Mini
→ This single mission added 26 Tbps to the Starlink network
→ One Starship can eventually carry up to 60 V3 units, about 20x what a Falcon 9 launch can lift
SpaceX now runs roughly 11,000 active satellites, versus about 650 for Eutelsat OneWeb, and is targeting 1,000 V3 satellites in orbit by Q2 2027.
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