From PC Mag: To offer gigabit speeds for Starlink, SpaceX says its next-generation satellites will each feature 1Tbps of download bandwidth for a 10x increase.
In an annual progress report, SpaceX teased some new details about the larger and more advanced "V3" Starlink satellites, which it plans to deploy through its upcoming Starship vehicle.
"Each V3 Starlink satellite will have 1 Tbps of downlink speeds and 160 Gbps of uplink capacity, which is more than 10x the downlink and 24x the uplink capacity of the V2 Mini Starlink satellites,” the company wrote in the report.
For perspective, the current V2 mini satellites only offer 96Gbps of download bandwidth and have been launched with the company’s smaller Falcon 9 rocket. The report also notes that Starlink’s cumulative network capacity is currently close to 350Tbps.
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