September 28 may be one of the most important dates in Starlink’s history. Not because Starship flies again, but because SpaceX plans to put 26 operational V3 satellites into orbit and start attacking the one problem Starlink still has not solved.. capacity.
Fixed broadband coverage is basically done. Starlink already has around 12 million subscribers, serves most of the planet, and offers residential plans starting at around $55. The problem is putting enough bits over the places where people actually live. A Falcon 9 Starlink launch adds roughly 2.6 Tbps of downlink capacity. A full Starship with 60 V3s is designed to add around 61 Tbps in a single round; more than 20x per launch.
If SpaceX can make that repeatable, this stops being a cool satellite broadband story but a very serious home broadband problem for everyone else.
