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September 21, 2026

BURIED LEDE: Gen3 Starlink will be SpaceX’s orbital data center before SpaceX builds its Starmind orbital data center.

Connectivity per sat will be more like 10Tb in both directions and there is a path to 100+Tb.

Each sat is 250kW and will have a SpaceX-designed Nvidia Vera Rubin NVL72 computer.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 20, 2026

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