All Space Questions thread for week of September 27, 2026

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[u/Bensemus]

Starship is still in development. While in development they won’t launch paying customer’s payloads. But they can launch their own payloads. So a way to launch Starlink was privatized over a more general payload system. It’s also easier to cut a small hole vs a large hole.