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A full load of the huge rocket's new satellites can add as much Starlink capacity as around 20 Falcon 9 launches. So where does this leave the medium-lift rocket its smaller rival is building?
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk this week slashed expectations for the number of Starship launches next year following the flight 14 mission.
Starship just carried a working payload to orbit for the first time, yet the rest of the space sector sold off hard in response. Whether that split rewards SpaceX investors or signals a warning depends on one propulsion detail analysts cannot stop flagging.