SpaceX's 13th Starship flight test launches with Starlink's next-gen satellites
Tomorrow Space SpaceX's 13th Starship flight test launches with Starlink's next-gen satellites The Starlink satellites will burn up in the atmosphere 20 minutes later. By Mariella Moon July 24, 2026 6:54 pm EST SpaceX Starship has taken off for its 13th test flight after a couple of delays due to unfavorable weather conditions. This is the first Starship flight to carry SpaceX's next-generation V3 Starlink satellites, which were designed to provide meaningful increases to its service's performance.
- ▪Tomorrow Space SpaceX's 13th Starship flight test launches with Starlink's next-gen satellites The Starlink satellites will burn up in the atmosphere 20 minutes later.
- ▪By Mariella Moon July 24, 2026 6:54 pm EST SpaceX Starship has taken off for its 13th test flight after a couple of delays due to unfavorable weather conditions.
- ▪This is the first Starship flight to carry SpaceX's next-generation V3 Starlink satellites, which were designed to provide meaningful increases to its service's performance.
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Tomorrow Space SpaceX's 13th Starship flight test launches with Starlink's next-gen satellites The Starlink satellites will burn up in the atmosphere 20 minutes later. By Mariella Moon July 24, 2026 6:54 pm EST SpaceX Starship has taken off for its 13th test flight after a couple of delays due to unfavorable weather conditions. This is the first Starship flight to carry SpaceX's next-generation V3 Starlink satellites, which were designed to provide meaningful increases to its service's performance. The company says they can support up to 1 Tbps of downlink, 10 times more than what the V2 satellites are capable of, and 160 Gbps of uplink that represents an increase of 22 times from V2.
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