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SpaceX lands Ship 31 in the Indian Ocean but miss the Booster Catch - NASASpaceFlight.com (www.nasaspaceflight.com)
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They've started signing a handful of customers:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Starship_launches#Future_launches

NASA just bought another one to deliver the JAXA pressurized rover:

https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-plans-to-assign-missions-for-two-future-artemis-cargo-landers/

And some companies are starting to design with Starship in mind, like K2, Vast, and Gravitics:

https://www.k2space.com/blog/introducing-k2-space-building-satellites-for-a-post-starship-future