Euwyn(@euwyn):Let's do a little math here: Each Starlink satellite weighs ~2 tons and adds ~1 Tbps to the Starlink network. Each Starship launch can carry up to 60 Starlink satellites. That's a total of ~60 Tbps per launch. The entire internet is ~2,250 Tbps, meaning it would take only ~38 Starship launches for the Starlink network to have greater bandwidth than the entire internet. Most people don't realize the scale of Starship. It's insane!

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2026.09.29 15:20

Let's do a little math here: Each Starlink satellite weighs ~2 tons and adds ~1 Tbps to the Starlink network. Each Starship launch can carry up to 60 Starlink satellites. That's a total of ~60 Tbps per launch. The entire internet is ~2,250 Tbps, meaning it would take only ~38 Starship launches for the Starlink network to have greater bandwidth than the entire internet. Most people don't realize the scale of Starship. It's insane!

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