Spaceflight 🚀6d ago

RE: https://mastodon.social/@space_environmentalism/116256723219444959

#Starlink is utilized by 10 million users and counting. In contrast, the next largest constellation in space, Europe’s #OneWeb, numbers a paltry 654 satellites.

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Gen 3 #Starlink satellites 🛰️ will have a 60 meters 📏 wingspan from a 7-8 meter base. 100 Gen 3 satellites per #Starship launch would be five times the satellite area compared to the area of the #ISS https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2024/03/spacex-starship-launched-starlink-gen-3-unfolded-nearly-as-wide-as-the-space-station.html
SpaceX Starship Starlink Gen 3 Will Be Nearly as Wide as the Space Station | NextBigFuture.com

The SpaceX Starship launching tomorrow will enable a new generation of larger Gen 3 Starlink satellites. They will weigh over 2 tons and will unfold to a

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