SpaceX Starlink Next Gen v3 Satellites: IFT-3
Summary
TLDRThe video script discusses the highly anticipated SpaceX Starship launch, codenamed IF3 (Integrated Flight Test 3), following the successful wet dress rehearsal. The host provides insights into the primary goals of this flight, including achieving full Earth orbit, demonstrating booster reusability, and testing propellant transfer capabilities crucial for future missions to Mars and the Moon. The video also highlights the significance of the Starship's larger payload fairing, capable of deploying 120 next-generation Starlink satellites, quadrupling capacity and reducing latency. The host invites viewers to join the live stream and share their predictions for the launch's success or potential 'rapid unscheduled disassembly.'
Takeaways
- 🚀 SpaceX conducted a successful wet dress rehearsal for the Starship integrated flight test 3 (IFT3), loading over 10 million pounds of propellant.
- ⭕ The primary goal of the IFT3 mission is for the Starship to achieve full orbital flight around the Earth in 90 minutes.
- ♻️ Another key objective is to demonstrate booster reusability by attempting to land the booster and Starship components.
- ⛽ Propellant transfer in orbit, enabling a 'gas station' for refueling other spacecraft, is a critical capability for future missions.
- 📡 The larger fairing on Starship can deploy 120 next-generation Starlink satellites, compared to only 24 on Falcon 9 rockets.
- 🌍 The new satellites, called 'Version 3' or 'Maxies', are twice the size and provide 4 times the capacity of the current generation.
- ⚡ Improved capacity and lower latency (sub-20ms) from the new satellites will enhance the Starlink internet service experience.
- 📆 The IFT3 launch is expected to occur between March 18-22, pending weather conditions and FAA approval.
- 🔴 The host is considering live streaming the IFT3 launch, similar to the previous IFT2 launch.
- ❓ The host seeks viewers' opinions on whether the IFT3 launch will be successful or experience a rapid unscheduled disassembly (RUD).
Q & A
What is the main topic of the video?
-The main topic of the video is providing an update on SpaceX's upcoming Starship launch, known as the Integrated Flight Test 3 (IF3).
What are the primary goals of the IF3 launch?
-The primary goals of the IF3 launch are to orbit the planet fully in low Earth orbit (LEO) in 90 minutes, test booster reusability, and potentially perform propellant transfer between spacecraft.
Why is propellant transfer in LEO important for future missions?
-Propellant transfer in LEO is important because it would allow spacecraft to refuel from a dedicated 'gas station' in orbit, enabling them to travel to destinations like Mars or the Moon without having to carry all the propellant from Earth.
How does the Starship's payload capacity compare to the Falcon 9?
-The Starship's larger fairing can hold and deploy up to 120 of the next-generation Starlink satellites (referred to as 'Version 3s' or 'Maxis'), whereas the Falcon 9 fairing can only hold around 24 of the current satellites.
What benefits do the larger 'Version 3' Starlink satellites offer?
-The larger 'Version 3' Starlink satellites are twice the size of the current ones, with a 60-meter wingspan, and are expected to provide 4 times the capacity, faster speeds, and lower latency.
What is the significance of lower latency for Starlink users?
-Lower latency is crucial for activities like video conferencing, online gaming, and other real-time applications that require immediate feedback. Starlink aims to achieve sub-20 millisecond latency, which would be comparable to cable internet.
When is the IF3 launch expected to take place?
-Based on the information provided, the IF3 launch is expected to take place between March 18th and March 22nd, 2024, assuming favorable weather conditions and obtaining the necessary FAA launch license.
Does the host plan to livestream the IF3 launch?
-Yes, the host mentions considering livestreaming the IF3 launch, similar to how they covered the previous IF2 launch, providing commentary and engaging with viewers during the event.
What are the potential outcomes for the IF3 launch discussed?
-The host asks viewers for their opinion on whether the IF3 launch will be successful (achieving LEO and orbiting the planet before splashing down in the ocean) or if it will experience a 'rapid unscheduled disassembly' (an explosion).
How does the host encourage audience engagement and support?
-The host encourages viewers to like and share the video, subscribe to the channel, consider becoming a member or making a donation, and check out the host's website and merchandise to support the channel's growth and content creation.
Outlines
🚀 SpaceX Starship Wet Dress Rehearsal Overview
The video introduces the recent wet dress rehearsal conducted by SpaceX for the upcoming Starship integrated flight test (IFT 3). It provides an overview of the rehearsal's success, loading over 10 million pounds of propellant onto Starship and Super Heavy, and taking the flight countdown to T minus 10 seconds. The video emphasizes the significance of this milestone in preparation for the actual launch.
🛰️ Importance of Starship for SpaceX Starlink
This section outlines the primary goals of the Starship IFT 3 test flight, including achieving full orbit around Earth in 90 minutes, demonstrating booster reusability, and potentially attempting propellant transfer between spacecraft. The video highlights the crucial role of propellant transfer in enabling future missions to Mars and the Moon by allowing spacecraft to refuel in low Earth orbit. Additionally, it discusses the Starship's ability to deploy a significantly larger number (120) of next-generation Starlink satellites (version 3 or Maxi satellites) compared to the Falcon 9, providing increased capacity, speed, and lower latency for Starlink users.
🍰 Capacity and Latency Improvements with Version 3 Satellites
Using an analogy of dividing a cake among guests, the video explains how the increased capacity of the version 3 (or Maxi) satellites will address network saturation issues and provide better service to more users simultaneously. It also emphasizes the importance of lower latency for applications like video conferencing and online gaming, with Elon Musk aiming for sub-20 millisecond latency, comparable to cable internet. The video suggests that these improvements will make Starlink as fast as cable or fiber internet while operating from low Earth orbit.
🗓️ Potential Launch Window and Closing Remarks
The video speculates on the potential launch window for the Starship IFT 3, suggesting a timeframe between March 18th and 22nd, 2024, contingent on favorable weather conditions and obtaining the necessary FAA launch license. The creator expresses interest in hosting a live stream during the launch and invites viewers to share their predictions on the launch's success. The video concludes with a call to action for viewers to engage with the channel, share the content, and explore the creator's website and merchandise.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Starship
💡Wet dress rehearsal
💡Orbital launch
💡Booster reusability
💡Propellant transfer
💡Starlink
💡Latency
💡FAA launch license
💡Rapid unscheduled disassembly (RUD)
💡SpaceX
Highlights
SpaceX completed a wet dress rehearsal for Starship, loading over 10 million pounds of propellant and taking the flight countdown to T minus 10 seconds.
The primary goal of the Starship test flight is to fully orbit the planet in 90 minutes and demonstrate booster reusability.
An important goal is to test propellant transfer, enabling future missions to refuel in low Earth orbit from a dedicated 'gas station' Starship.
The larger fairing on Starship will allow deployment of 120 next-generation satellites, compared to only 24 with Falcon 9.
The next-generation satellites will be twice the size, providing 4 times the capacity and lower latency than current satellites.
Lower latency, aiming for sub-20ms, is crucial for applications requiring real-time feedback like video conferencing and gaming.
The expected launch window for Starship's orbital test flight is around March 18-22, pending weather and regulatory approvals.
The host considers going live to provide commentary during the Starship launch, like they did for the previous test flight.
The host asks viewers to share their predictions on whether the Starship launch will be successful or end in a rapid unscheduled disassembly (explosion).
The host encourages viewers to share the video, visit their website, and consider purchasing merch or ebooks to support the channel.
Transcripts
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about SpaceX starlink and the Starship
the if
3 if stands for integrated flight test
just so you know you hear that a lot ift
2 if1 they both blew up let's hope if3
doesn't blow up we'll we'll soon see
anyways they put together a dress
rehearsal a wet dress rehearsal um
yesterday it was pretty nice I'm going
to maybe play that someplace so you can
see it in a little while anyways it was
pretty I would say non-eventful which is
good there wasn't many problems so
that's what we're looking for we want
the wet dress rehearsal to go over well
and then they just have to now wait for
the
FAA
license we know that always takes
forever but it shouldn't this time
because everything is supposedly on the
up and up everything is good they've
done their investigations everything is
copesthetic so to speak so I'll get into
when I think that this um if3 or the
Starship is going to launch again before
the end of this video I want to go
through some of these things that we've
found out so I'll give you I guess an
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if3 or Starship wet rehearsal went over
yesterday and everything was nominal
which is fantastic on X SpaceX posted
this Starship completed its rehearsal
for launch loading more than 10 million
pounds of propellant on Starship and
super heavy and taking the flight light
countdown to T minus 10 seconds pretty
cool very very cool can you imagine 10
million pounds 10 million pounds of
propellant loaded in and then siphoned
out it's just to me that like the
numbers it's just amazing absolutely
amazing so what is the goal here on this
test flight and uh a lot of people that
aren't in the know they they really
don't know why do they keep on doing
this or what is the goal and that's kind
of what I want to cover today how is it
important to us people that are either
using SpaceX starlink for their internet
service as of today or they're looking
into SpaceX starlink in the future why
is the Starship so very important
anyways let's get into the goal and then
I'm going to answer that question for
you because it is an important one so
their primary goal is to be able to
orbit the planet fully in other words
get into Leo into low earth orbit and
then go all the way around the planet
once all right that's what their goal is
and the amount of time it would take for
them to do that is 90 minutes which is
amazing that just shows how fast it will
be going so 90 minutes to get around the
entire planet that's the first goal then
the next thing is booster reusability
are they going to be able to take that
booster and then land it let's say back
on the Launchpad or on a drone ship in
the middle of the ocean and the same
thing holds true with the Starship now
my understanding is on this flight on
the if3 they're not going to attempt any
of that they're going to once again go
around they're going to orbit the earth
fully 90 minutes and then come splashing
down in the ocean that is my
understanding they're not going to try
to do any type of Landing Maneuvers or
anything like that now they might okay
um I'm not I don't work for them but my
understanding was the last time they
spoke about this they were just going to
land in the ocean and that is it now
future missions they might instead of
Landing in the ocean hard Landing would
come upright and then slowly land into
the ocean just like if they were going
to land on the back of a drone ship or
back on the launch pad so I'm not sure
if they're going to do that this time I
don't think that they will now the other
thing that is really important for them
is to be able to do some type of
propellent
transfer now what the hell does that
mean well the goal is to be able to
transfer propellant from one ship to
another ship now why is this very
important the idea eventually is to get
a Starship the entire Starship and have
one fully loaded with fuel nothing else
all right it doesn't have a fairing to
put satellites into it or anything else
a fully loaded Starship and it will act
kind of like a h station right or a
mobile or something a gas station in low
earth orbit pretty cool right so in
future missions a spacecraft can now
dock to that gas station in Leo refuel
detach and then head to their next
destination that could be Mars it could
be the moon who knows probably the moon
first because we need to create a well
we're not going to get into all that
into this video but probably the moon
first but in any regard having a gas
station a fueling site a location where
a spacecraft can pull up to and refuel
in low earth orbit is Mission critical
going forward because the amount of
propellant that is expelled to break our
gravity to get away from the planet is a
ton once you're in Leo there's next to
no gravity right since there's almost no
gravity it takes no propulsion or very
little to be able to get to their next
destination Mars the moon wherever so
that is a really big goal going forward
also they might now they're not sure as
of yet I don't know but they might
deploy some type of small satellites or
something else into low earth orbit just
to see how that is working that is a
possibility now why is this so important
now I don't know if you guys have seen a
video that came from SpaceX starlink way
back like I think it was 2022 or
something and they showed the top
fairing of the Starship opening up kind
of like a Pez dispenser and then
shooting out two satellites at a time
like shooting out candy
satellites now what is so important
about this and why this is important to
us is because the falcon9 Rockets Can
Only Hold or the fairing could only hold
21 satellites now they've expanded them
to hold I think 24 but still 24 is not a
lot because remember these are version 2
mini satellites these are the smaller
variation of the version 2.0 let's call
them Maxis or we can also refer to them
as let's say version threes by this
point so this is a big big deal because
this new or the larger fairing that's on
the Starship will be able to hold or
deploy
120 of the Maxis 120 of the Next
Generation satellites whereas the
fairing in the Falcon 9 could barely
hold probably like four of them why is
that well the version 3es let's call
them or the version 2 Maxis are twice
the size so they have a wingspan instead
of being 30 m they have a wingspan of 60
M converting that to feet is it like 100
feet for the version two minis compared
to let's call it 200 feet for the
version 3s all right so you see they're
double the size the weight is also
double instead of like 800 kg you're
looking at like 1600 2,000 kog I mean
massive over a ton let's say for one
satellite so these are big massive
satellites they also provide 4X the
capacity now that's what's very
important for us forx the capacity it'll
be able to provide more speed lower
latency and once again the capacity is
what is so important meaning that they
will be able to service four times the
number of customers at the same speed or
simply going faster and servicing a few
less but that is huge so if you're an an
area that gets saturated and you're like
you know my starlink just goes slower
around 6:00 p.m. because everyone gets
home and they're using it's like well
you're not going to have that problem
anymore it will no longer be the case
now remember I use this analogy in the
past right and if you've been with me
for a while or if you've been on my
lives you've heard me say this you have
a cake let's say the cake is the amount
of data that SpaceX starlink has per
satellite you have that cake and that
cake needs to be divided there's eight
people that are going to be coming over
to your house and they're all going to
want a slice of cake so you're going to
divide that cake into eight pieces well
what happens when two extra guests
unannounced guests show up now all of a
sudden we have to divide the cake into
10 pieces now you don't have more cake
you only have one damn cake right so
what that means is everyone has to have
a smaller slice of cake meaning less
data that's the only way that the amount
of data is going to go around you can't
just miraculously just show up with data
you'll have a finite amount you have a
finite amount of cake right so you won't
have to divide it up anymore because
when 10 people come you're okay because
that cake will actually be able to hold
4X the old cake so instead of only be
able to give the same siiz cake to eight
people you'll be able to give 32 people
the same amount of cake you get it it's
a whole hell a lot of
cake did you get any of that or was I
just like off anyways add you know
sometimes
squirrels anyway so the bottom line here
is more cake more data and that is what
the version 3 is going to be able to
provide but they'll also be able to
provide lower latency and this is a
really big thing because if you're doing
Google meetings or you're doing Zoom
conference calls or you're doing like
firstperson shooters or any type of
internet connectivity that requires
immediate immediate feedback all right
you're going to need the lowest latency
as possible now with fiber you're
getting latency of about let's say 1 2
milliseconds up to about 10 12
milliseconds that's your
latency with copper like cable you're
sitting at right around maybe 10 to 20
milliseconds of latency currently with
SpaceX starlink we're seeing about 30 me
personally anywhere from about 28 to
about 40 milliseconds of latency I'm not
going to get into Jitter I did a few
videos about Jitter how Jitter is very
very important also I'm not going to get
into that but latency having the lower
latency is very important so seeing that
we're already at 28 to about 40 that's
not bad but what Elon mus said recently
is he wants to see his system be able to
provide lower than sub 20 milliseconds
latency that would be amazing because
once you start getting into the teens as
far as latency you're literally as quick
as cable maybe not as quick as fiber
then again some Fiber is slow right
there's there's some pretty trash fiber
out there I get into that either but for
the most part you're going to be as fast
as using a cable modem a cable provider
and you're actually getting your service
from low earth orbit at 550 kmers off
Earth which is just amazing in my
personal opinion so when will this all
happen right when will this happen but
my understanding is it will take
probably about a couple of weeks so I'm
going to guess we're going to see about
an from the8 18th of March to about the
22nd a launch time right around then now
of course we have to make sure that
weather is permitting we have to make
sure the FAA provides the launch license
and any other unforeseen happening right
that will delay it but for the most part
I would have to say most likely the 18th
to the 22nd now guys I was thinking
about going live for this like I did
with the if2 let me know if you want me
to do that it was fun hanging out with
you guys while we watched it take off
and do some type of commentary about it
and just chill out and hang out so I
thought that that was fun you let me
know if you want me to do that also I
want to know from you do you think that
this launch the if3 is going to be
successful or do you think that it's
going to do another rud or rapid
unscheduled disassembly boom which I
mean either way it's going to be a let's
say a fulfilling launch for us to watch
but what do you think do you think that
they're going to actually make it into
low earth orbit and have the Starship go
around the entire planet in those 90
minutes and then come crashing down into
the ocean or not what do you think
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