Starship Reaches Orbit For The First Time And Deploys 26 Starlink V3 Satellites
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Starship Reaches Orbit For The First Time And Deploys 26 Starlink V3 Satellites
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Starship Flight 14 reached orbit and deployed 26 Starlink V3 satellites, each around ten times the capacity of a V2 Mini.
- 01. First Starship orbital payload: 26 Starlink V3 satellites, all in contact
- 02. One Starship carries 60 V3s at scale, about 20 Falcon 9 launches of capacity
SpaceX's Starship has reached orbit for the first time. On Flight 14 it deployed 26 Starlink V3 satellites one by one, and SpaceX has made contact with all of them. Each V3 handles about ten times the data of the V2 Minis Falcon 9 carries, and they're too big for Falcon 9 to launch. At full scale one Starship will carry 60, the network capacity of about 20 Falcon 9 launches. An engine cut out early, so SpaceX brought the ship home ahead of schedule.
