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Re:Starlink internet is going from rural savior to unreliabl... by doogieboo on Monday April 03, 2023 @08:43AM (#35422541)
The new satellites are bigger and weigh more so they are launching fewer on each rocket now. They need starship for better launch capacity for the new satellites.

https://spaceflightnow.com/2023/02/26/spacex-unveils-first-b...

Re:Starlink internet is going from rural savior to unreliabl... by throwaway4aday on Monday April 03, 2023 @09:11AM (#35422919)
Doesn't that sound more like they are planning for that higher launch capacity? They're removing a constraint in the future so they're scaling up the satellites now, it means less of the new ones go up in the mean time but it also means a much faster increase in network capacity once Starship is available.