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SpaceX takes a leaf from the Microsoft playbook and stands down Starlink for an update

John Brown (no body) Silver badge

"I'm guessing trying to put in like 6 extra is just more trouble than it's worth if you are already slinging 60 of them into orbit at a time."

Unless you are planning many launches to deploy 100's of them, with relatively regular refresh launches, then those 6 or so extra per launch might save an entire launch or three.

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