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The current approved proposal is 11k satellites, the 42k satellites still doesn’t have approval if I remember correctly. Likely from next year they will be able
by tigershark 5y ago
The current approved proposal is 11k satellites, the 42k satellites still doesn’t have approval if I remember correctly.
Likely from next year they will be able to send 400 satellites with a single launch using starship, that will make the 42k constellation perfectly feasible.
- tsimionescu 5y agoStarship is still in a research phase, so any clear capacity or timeline are impossible to give. The economics of 42k satellites re-launched every 5 years don't work anyway, not for the size of market they can realistically capture (remember that their main market are remote, population sparse regions - which tend to be poor). I can bet you anything you want that they will not have anywhere near 42k satellites in orbit in the next 10 years. Perhaps in time, over a few decades, as they spend time building up a customer base, they could reach that, assuming Starship delivers on its many promises and if the service proves popular.