Post #3061116
2026-03-04 18:52 UTC
@chebra@mstdn.io @andrewg@mastodon.ie, well, afaik, (at least) Starlink satellites weigh somewhere from a few hundred kilograms for the earlier models to over a ton for the newer ones.
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@sundogplanets@mastodon.social 2026-03-09 05:20
@volemo@mathstodon.xyz @chebra@mstdn.io @andrewg@mastodon.ie I co-authored this article. Starlink V2 satellites are 1250kg, and we assumed that "AI data center" satellites would have to be even larger and more complex. A conservative estimate of satellite composition is 50% aluminum. That's where 1000kg of aluminum per satellite comes from. Would be really nice if SpaceX would make these numbers and compositions public so we wouldn't have to make so many assumptions.