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FaceDeer@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

They've already got prototype Starship upper stages built that have the cargo door necessary for launching Starlink satellites from, I think "a few years" is likely a very pessimistic timeframe at this point. If they're not launching Starlink satellites with Starship at some point next year I will be very surprised.

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Nighed@sffa.community ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
The problem is that due to the scale of the rocket/explosions the regulators are being more picky - their test rate is much reduced. If their not allowed to launch again for months after the last failure then it could easily take that long.

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