The starlink satellites are small and don’t have very large coverage area or bandwidth. Elon says that he would need to launch 42,000 satellites for full global coverage. He’s launched 1970 so far since 2019. The satellites have a five year life expectancy. In order to keep up with that, he would need to launch 8400 new satellites every year to replace the old ones. He is able to launch 50 per launch. He would need to do a launch every other day. Every year.
The starlink satellites are small and don’t have very large coverage area or bandwidth. Elon says that he would need to launch 42,000 satellites for full global coverage. He’s launched 1970 so far since 2019. The satellites have a five year life expectancy. In order to keep up with that, he would need to launch 8400 new satellites every year to replace the old ones. He is able to launch 50 per launch. He would need to do a launch every other day. Every year.
Hmmm, that's interesting.
They just upgraded what the satellites can do. Weight has doubled