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Starlink Satellites Mass Production Effect On Space Industry

So SpaceX is planning to produce tens of thousands of satellites (the last known digit is about 42 000 satellites) for LEO. Probably they don't want to produce very slowly during the next decade or more. We can't for sure say how much time they give to the full constellation to be unfolde
Starlink For Planets and Moons of The Solar System - How Many Are Enough For A Full Coverage

We will take as a base count the Earth Starlink satellites for a full coverage - 1500 satellites. They are flying at an altitude of about 550 km. The Earth's radius is 6371 km. So full radius of the Starlink satellites sphere is 6871 km. The Square of this sphere is 601932181 km2. S
Gravity and drag losses of some launch vehicles

To get a better view of the settings of different vehicles here is the numbers:[MORE]VehicleGravity Loss, m/sDrag Loss, m/s Ariane A-44L1576
SpaceX mass into orbit in 2022 with Starships in comparison with Falcon9 in 2021

SpaceX put around 300t mass into orbit in 2021 with Falcon9 and it required 33 launches. Quite a lot and probably it's maximum for Falcon9 per year with current launchpads and SpaceX team. To launch more it will probably require to spend more money but its spending will be rather ineffective.
Why Inspiration4 mission means for future of human spaceflight more than it looks like

With the fully private mission of SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, we probably will see a much bigger interest in human spaceflight from commercial sectors. A flight to space won't' be very cheap in close perspective (at least aboard Dragon spacecraft) but it probably will be cheaper t

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