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Starship Flight 15 on 11/13 plans to catch both booster and ship

What HN thinks

Half a payload, a full argument, and one person still fighting about date formats.

Why only half a payload?
The top thread speculates why Block 3 is carrying just 26 Starlink V3 sats (~52t), citing derisking, engine-out margin, Starlink V3 readiness or underperforming Raptor 3 engines.
Be patient, SpaceX iterates
Others argue it's still a test program, 52t is already among the heaviest payloads ever, and SpaceX has historically improved steadily after doubters said each step wouldn't work.
Monopoly is the real concern
A side debate says Starship works and the real worry is SpaceX vertically integrating launch and payloads into a quasi-monopoly, while others push back that competitors exist or that being better isn't grounds for antitrust.

Consensus: Most agree the flight is still effectively a test and the light payload likely reflects caution rather than hard limits, though nobody outside SpaceX knows the real reason.

Summarised by Claude from the comment thread 4 days ago.

Points: 142
Comments: 100
Best rank: #17
Posted: 2026-11-08 by spikels
Category: Space

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