Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 80th Starlink mission of 2026
THE SO WHAT
Eighty Starlink launches in a single year means global connectivity is becoming a private, rapidly iterating infrastructure layer—more like a software release train than a traditional space program. If your product depends on bandwidth, latency, or coverage, you should be modeling against Starlink as a moving baseline, not a fixed asset.
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