Live coverage: SpaceX to deploy first Starlink V3 satellites on subor…

SpaceX is deploying 20 production Starlink V3 satellites on a suborbital Starship test flight, marking the first operational use of the next-generation satellite design and a critical step toward orbital launches and NASA's Artemis 3 lunar mission. SpaceX is now flying production Starlink satellites on test vehicles and targeting monthly launch cadence by Q4 2026. If you build ground equipment, antennas, or network software for LEO constellations, your customers' deployment windows are about to compress from years to quarters.