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I was only talking about the currently deployed constellation, which of course is much smaller, but for which we have actual numbers from measurements. For the

I was only talking about the currently deployed constellation, which of course is much smaller, but for which we have actual numbers from measurements. For the completed Phase 3 constellation I have read numbers in the range from 1.7 - 2.3 Pbit/s as theoretical maximum. So would need around 8-12 PTX boxes to reach the same total routing capacity as the whole future constellation. The current single-fiber bandwidth record is 1.53 Pbit/s. And nevermind that Starlink will run out of ground station / inter-satellite link capacity long before reaching the theoretical maximum.

Retric 3y ago
Ah, you said planned here so I assumed that was what you where talking about: > The entire _planned_ starlink constellation has less aggregate switching capacity than a pair of current generation core routers. I generally agree with those estimates based on how they’re defining limits though those definitions really depend on what you care about. Aka predicting actual utilization at one end vs just considering what the satellites could physically do in ideal conditions etc. Thus the theoretical impact of direct customer to customer links for a satellite over the Atlantic for example can vary wildly.