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Next flight should be a mass simulator of at least 100 tons to orbit. This flight was around ~10 tons to almost orbit. The economics of Starlink basically requ
by kersplody 1y ago
Next flight should be a mass simulator of at least 100 tons to orbit. This flight was around ~10 tons to almost orbit.
The economics of Starlink basically require high cadence Starship launches with 50+ Starlink v3 satellites on each flight.
- Teever 1y agoIsn't starlink a revenue generating endeavor already?
- daemonologist 1y agoYes; I think it would be more accurate to say that the economics of Starship basically require high cadence launches with lots of v3 Starlink satellites (because only the big internet constellations can financially justify launching so much payload to orbit right now).