SpaceX’s Starship goes orbital, deploying first next-gen Starlinks
Summary
Ars Technica reports SpaceX's Starship achieving its first orbital flight and deploying a new generation of Starlink satellites. The mission carried 26 Starlink V3 satellites, aimed at significantly boosting network capacity (up to 1 Tbps per satellite) and enabling higher-throughput connectivity. The article also covers the flight's engineering challenges, planned future missions, and SpaceX’s ongoing cadence of Starship launches.