SpaceX Starship Flights 14 and 15 deployed a total of 52 Starlink V3 satellites, each contributing ~1 Tbps.
To put that in perspective, those 52 satellites are equivalent to 520 of the previous-gen V2 satellites that fly on Falcon 9.
It would take 20 Falcon 9 launches to match the last two Starship launches.
In The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, the answer to life, the universe & everything is 42.
First Starship stack: Booster 4 + Ship 20.
First Starship flight: 4/20/2023.
SpaceX caught Ship 42 about 4:20 PM ET, with “DON’T PANIC” written on it.
We’re living in a simulation.
THEY CAUGHT A SHIP!!!
Starship Ship 42's incredible "flip and burn" return to Launch Pad 2 at Starbase, and catch by the Chopsticks from 16 different @NASASpaceflight Starbase live cameras.
ongoing coverage: https://t.co/9pgA5jtDQc
On Friday, November 13, Starship lifted off from Starbase, Texas on its 15th flight.
On Saturday, November 14, Starship returned to Starbase, Texas, and changed everything → https://t.co/K5XRci6bnw
WHAT DID I JUST WITNESS?!?!? I just watched a Starship reenter after over 22 hours in orbit AND GOT CAUGHT BY THE TOWER!!!!! UNBELIEVABLE!!!! Huge congrats @SpaceX@elonmusk