If a V1 satellite only has 24 Gbit/s in total capacity on its links to the base station, and a V2 mini satellite only 96 Gbit/s, then it’s no wonder really.
The important question is how much bandwidth to the base station does the satellite have, unless the dedicated coverage area per satellite shrinks, that would also help with congestion.
How much downlink capability they have. Its more per dish, and more dishes, so its 20x per launch compared to today. I think each satellite is 10x
Edit: they’ve also been lowering the shell a little, so i think that also shrinks the area slightly? It’ll definitely help with latency.
Edit: i don’t know if they’re increasing the satellite density per cell with the v3 dishes in general once the v2 come down. e.g are they fitting all the extra dishes into the same dispersal area as a v2 launch or are they getting spaced out more due to being more dishes?
If a V1 satellite only has 24 Gbit/s in total capacity on its links to the base station, and a V2 mini satellite only 96 Gbit/s, then it’s no wonder really.
The v3 dishes will be 20x bandwidth per launch than the v2 mini.
Even if starships 2nd stage isn’t reusable, it’ll still be able to launch those into orbit, albeit at a much higher cost.
Bandwidth per launch?
The important question is how much bandwidth to the base station does the satellite have, unless the dedicated coverage area per satellite shrinks, that would also help with congestion.
How much downlink capability they have. Its more per dish, and more dishes, so its 20x per launch compared to today. I think each satellite is 10x
Edit: they’ve also been lowering the shell a little, so i think that also shrinks the area slightly? It’ll definitely help with latency.
Edit: i don’t know if they’re increasing the satellite density per cell with the v3 dishes in general once the v2 come down. e.g are they fitting all the extra dishes into the same dispersal area as a v2 launch or are they getting spaced out more due to being more dishes?