SpaceX Version 3 Starship and Version 3 Starlink Both Arrive in 2025

SpaceX Starship V3 will be 20-30 meters taller with a proposed height of 140 to 150 meters. This increase in height is aimed at accommodating more propellant, thus increasing payload capacity. SpaceX could upgrade to Starship version 3 by November, 2025.

It is projected that Starship V3 could have a payload capacity of approximately 200 tons to low Earth orbit (LEO) when fully reusable, and potentially more if expendable.

Starship V3 is expected to have a thrust of around 10,000 tonnes force at launch, which would make it the most powerful rockets ever developed, exceeding even many of the theoretical Nova rocket variants.

There is a plan for Starship V3 to demonstrate capabilities like in-orbit refueling and possibly serve as a tanker for missions to destinations requiring more extensive refueling, such as the Moon or Mars.

Starlink Version 3 Should Start Deployment from Starship in a few Months

Each Version 3 Starlink satellite will weigh about 1900 kg. Version 2 Mini's weigh 575 kg.

Dimensions: When deployed, V3 satellites will have a wingspan of about 60 meters, unfolded from a base of 7-8 meters, allowing for larger antennas and solar panels.

Uplink: Each V3 satellite is expected to have an uplink capacity of 160 Gbps.

Downlink: The downlink capacity for each satellite is planned to be 1 Terabit per second..

Total Capacity per Launch: Each Starship launch carrying V3 satellites is anticipated to add 60 Tbps of capacity to the Starlink network, which is more than 20 times the capacity added by a V2 Mini launch on Falcon 9.