Hardware

Starlink Gen3 satellite

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Welcome to September 22, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)
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Satellite design described with onboard compute and high-capacity links.

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2026-09-29: A projection puts Starlink capacity near global internet demand

2026-09-29: Commentators compare Starship payload and launch economics

2026-09-29: Starship reportedly reaches orbit and deploys satellites

2026-09-22: Gen3 Starlink satellites are described with onboard compute

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Starlink Gen3 satellite
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KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/hardware/starlink-gen3
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- Welcome to September 22, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-september-22-2026
- Source linked by the September 22 issue — https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2101466638939832365
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