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They said they'd use starship to launch and it's not yet ready
by inemesitaffia 3y ago
They said they'd use starship to launch and it's not yet ready
- Uzza 3y agoThey did not say Starship was a requirement for Starlink, they said they could use it when ready to speed up the rollout. SpaceX has been launching the Gen2 satellites, originally intended to be launched on Starship, on Falcon 9 instead.
- turquoisevar 3y agoThey explicitly stated in the plan they submitted to the FCC that they would use Starship, going as far as to say that they’re completely going to stop using the Falcon for Starlink in a letter to the FCC. The letter was even picked up by media who then reported on this early last year. https://spacenews.com/spacex-goes-all-in-on-starship-configuration-for-second-gen-starlink/ https://spacenews.com/spacex-goes-all-in-on-starship-configu...