Elon Musk said Starlink’s third-generation satellites (V3), planned to be launched by Starship, would deliver roughly an order-of-magnitude improvement in overall performance versus the current Falcon-launched second-generation (V2) fleet. He said SpaceX plans to deploy an order-of-magnitude larger V3 fleet and later iterations alongside remaining V2 and handset-direct satellites, raising total bandwidth to more than 100x that of V2. Musk forecast V2’s ARR this year at $20bn and said SpaceX’s co

Elon Musk said Starlink’s third-generation satellites (V3), planned to be launched by Starship, would deliver roughly an order-of-magnitude improvement in overall performance versus the current Falcon-launched second-generation (V2) fleet. He said SpaceX plans to deploy an order-of-magnitude larger V3 fleet and later iterations alongside remaining V2 and handset-direct satellites, raising total bandwidth to more than 100x that of V2. Musk forecast V2’s ARR this year at $20bn and said SpaceX’s communications revenue could exceed $200bn even if revenue per gigabit falls to one-tenth.