Space-X / Starlink Launch

[Sneakers]

 

[Sneakers]

Another successful launch of 20 Starlink satellites, and recovery of the booster. The booster has been used and recovered 18 times so far.

 

[glhs837]

Another successful launch of 20 Starlink satellites, and recovery of the booster. The booster has been used and recovered 18 times so far.

They are closing on 400 total launches, and will exceed 100 this year alone.

 

[Sneakers]

Space-X needs to get Starship and the v3 Starlink satellites into orbit. There is now a shortage of Starlink service and waitlists for purchase of the residential units and they can't deploy the v2 sats fast enough. The v3 sats will have 10x the capability/coverage as the v2.

I guess between overselling the service, deployments to disaster areas and the popularity (5 million current subscribers), they are running out of bandwidth.