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Incredible high-quality footage. It's thanks to the Starlink constellation.

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This is the unsung hero or MVP of this Starship demo, I think.

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SpaceX Reportedly Building Hundreds of US Government Spy Satellites
The Chinese government has taken to social media to complain.
By Ryan Whitwam March 18, 2024

SpaceX has leveraged its reusable Falcon 9 rockets to become the world's largest satellite operator in just a few short years. Its Starlink network provides internet connectivity across a large swath of the globe, and it has plans for a secure government version of the network. A report from Reuters claims that part of that effort is a $1.8 billion contract to build a spy satellite network for the US government, and China is not pleased.

Elon Musk's aerospace firm announced the encrypted Starshield system in 2022, aiming to provide the US government with communication, hosted payloads, and Earth observation. According to Reuters, the contract was signed in 2021, before the public announcement of Starshield. Under the agreement, SpaceX will build hundreds of classified spy satellites for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO).

https://www.extremetech.com/aerospace/s ... satellites

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honestly, I want the booser stage of star ship to one day be like the falcon 9's booster stage and be completely reusable. elon needs to add legs and do this as he could cut the cost of star ship 20 times or more.

i'd also like to see this with each stage as Losing anything is a waste that is dumb.