SpaceX Plans to Deploy First Batch of V3 Starlink Satellites via Starship Test Flight as Early as Next Week

Odaily News: SpaceX has grand plans for Starship. If all goes according to plan, this 407-foot-tall rocket will one day be used to build an orbital AI data center network and send humans to the Moon and Mars. But first, the company plans to use Starship to send a new, improved money-making machine into space—Starlink satellites.

SpaceX plans to send its first batch of V3 satellites into orbit during a critical Starship test flight mission as early as next week. Getting Starship to operate as envisioned is crucial for SpaceX and its shareholders. The company needs Starship not only to revitalize its own Starlink communications network—which contributed nearly 55% of the company's revenue in the second quarter—but also to launch satellites for a range of commercial purposes. Then perhaps its most lucrative mission: sending a futuristic orbital data center into space, which SpaceX says could help tap into a total addressable AI market worth $26.5 trillion. (Bloomberg)