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		augusto-moura on Aug 14, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Beta users of Starlink get downloads of 11 to 60 M... If the network keep up in this state probably. But the plans are to launch some thousand more satellites

garblegarble on Aug 14, 2020 [–]

>the plans are to launch some thousand more satellites

1000 more in that shell, but overall 11,578 more satellites (most of them lower than the current shell). Their target number is 12,000 satellites, with possible expansion to 42,000 (!!)

The sheer scale boggles the mind

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