🚨 Starlink Gen 3 is starting to look less like a satellite network and more like an AI data center in orbit.
@thejefflutz highlights that SpaceX’s FCC application for up to 100,000 Gen 3 satellites has now entered formal review.
Elon says each satellite could eventually deliver around 10 Tbps, with a path to 100+ Tbps, while running at roughly 250 kW.
But the biggest twist is onboard compute.
Gen 3 could include a SpaceX-designed NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72 computer, which starts to blur the line between communications satellite and orbital AI infrastructure.
Add Starship, faster terminals, direct-to-phone ambitions, and SpaceX’s push toward massive orbital compute...
Starlink may be evolving into something much bigger than global internet. $SPCX $NVDA