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Re:SpaceX test flight of Starship SN-5 [video] by baq on Wednesday August 05, 2020 @12:18PM (#24062516)
starlink/oneweb/similar constellations, assuming US folks really hate comcast as much as they say on the intertubes. these are up to 12k sats with very short (couple years?) life time, so regular flights will be necessary to keep the fleet at desired capacity. this beast can lift i-don't-even-know-how-many hundreds of birds in one go.
Re:SpaceX test flight of Starship SN-5 [video] by mpweiher on Thursday August 06, 2020 @05:35PM (#24075703)
One Starlink satellite is apparently 250 kg at this time. They currently get sent up using Falcon 9, which can lift 15t to LEO when reusable, so that checks out.

At 100t, that would be 400 a pop.