Elon Musk's New Second-Gen Starlink Satellites Are Too Big for Current Rockets - CNET
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The hefty Gen2 satellites will need the Starship heavy-lift rocket to get off the ground.
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One rocket launches a quarter of SpaceX Starlink satellites, and
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SpaceX Gets Green Light To Launch 7,500 More Starlink Satellites
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Elon Musk's SpaceX Launches 1st 'Direct-to-Cell' Starlink
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With Starlink, Elon Musk's Satellite Dominance Is Raising Global
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