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🇷🇺Putin wants to know why Russia can only build 40 satellites a year (arstechnica.com)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Depends on the size of the satellites. The Transporter-1 Rideshare mission launched 143 satellites. The original v1 Starlink satellites were launched in batches of ~60, but they've since switched over to the v2-mini satellites, which are heavier than v1. A single Falcon 9 can launch about 23 v2-minis in reusable mode.

The US definitely has a much higher mass-to-orbit capability than Russia does at the moment.