Hacker News

Favorites Setup
Comment by HarHarVeryFunny | original | SpaceX catches the Starship to end Flight 15
[−]HarHarVeryFunny · 2026-11-15 Sun 02:28 UTC · link
Starlink is going to be using a lot of launches for satellite replacement. Target constellation size is 40K satellites, which with a 5 year satellite lifetime means they need to replace 8000/year (160 launches of 50 satellites each => 3 launches per week).
[−]cj9 · 2026-11-15 Sun 10:42 UTC · link
Who cares. This whole thing was a military project.