Most people don’t realize the significance of this moment.
This isn’t just “more satellites.”
For years Starlink has been good enough to get you online in the middle of nowhere.
Today is the start of it becoming fast enough, cheap enough, and big enough to actually replace the old internet in a lot of places.
These new V3 satellites can each push about 1 Tbps down and 160 Gbps up — roughly 10× the download and 22× the upload of the ones already flying.
This single launch dropped 26 of them, adding about 26 Tbps of capacity in one shot, around 10× what a typical Falcon 9 Starlink mission adds.
That’s the jump: from “good satellite internet” to enough bandwidth for millions more people, faster speeds, and lower lag.
It also means Starship is no longer just a test rocket. It’s now the truck that can build the internet from space at scale.
That’s why this matters: not a cool launch photo. The moment space internet stops being a backup and starts becoming the real thing.
@ConsiderASU Love this approach into PHX. Small tip. Always sit on the left side of the plane when flying into PHX! You get this view or a view of downtown when on approach.