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  "id": "spacex-starlink-v2-mini",
  "title": "Starlink V2 Mini satellite",
  "maker": "SpaceX",
  "maker_type": "Commercial",
  "kind": "satellite",
  "category": "platforms",
  "page": "https://spacemushroom.com/space-products/spacex-starlink-v2-mini/",
  "website": "https://spaceflightnow.com/2023/02/26/spacex-unveils-first-batch-of-larger-upgraded-starlink-satellites/",
  "summary": "SpaceX broadband satellite with two large solar array wings and an argon Hall thruster; SpaceX does not publish structural materials.",
  "application": "A broadband internet satellite in SpaceX's Starlink constellation, launched on Falcon 9 in batches. It is larger than the first generation, with more powerful phased array antennas and bigger solar arrays. It manoeuvres with an argon Hall thruster.",
  "story": {
    "headline": "Starlink V2 Mini is the larger, higher-capacity broadband satellite in SpaceX's Starlink network.",
    "intro": [
      "SpaceX built the V2 Mini for its Starlink network. It is larger than the first generation, with more powerful antennas and bigger solar arrays, and it has four times the capacity for serving users. SpaceX launches them in batches on Falcon 9 rockets.",
      "The satellite weighs about 800 kg at launch and has a body more than 4.1 m wide. Once in orbit it unfurls two solar array wings to a span of about 30 m. It manoeuvres with an electric Hall thruster fuelled by argon gas, the only material named for the satellite itself."
    ],
    "built": [
      {
        "title": "Body, wings and thruster",
        "text": "The body is more than 4.1 m wide. Two solar array wings unfurl from it to a span of about 30 m. A Hall thruster, an electric engine, uses argon gas as its propellant to manoeuvre the satellite in orbit.",
        "parts": [
          "Spacecraft body (bus)",
          "Solar array wings (2)",
          "Hall thruster propellant",
          "Argon Hall-effect thruster unit"
        ]
      },
      {
        "title": "Antennas and brightness",
        "text": "Its phased array antennas are more powerful than those on older Starlink satellites. A new E-band system adds backhaul capacity, the link back into the wider network. To reduce brightness, SpaceX uses a combination of mirrors and a new type of low-reflectivity paint.",
        "parts": [
          "Phased array antennas",
          "E-band backhaul system",
          "Low-reflectivity paint",
          "Mirrors"
        ]
      },
      {
        "title": "The launch stack",
        "text": "For the first satellites on Falcon 9, spacers and tension rods sit between the stacked satellites. The stack also has four deployment rod assemblies, each of two rods made of lightweight aluminium, 1.5 inches in diameter and about six metres long.",
        "parts": [
          "Deployment rod assemblies (four, two rods each) for the Falcon 9 stack",
          "Spacers and tension rods between stacked satellites (initial Falcon 9 launches)"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "materials": [
      {
        "name": "Argon",
        "mid": "argon",
        "where": "The gas propellant for the Hall thruster. It is the only material named for the satellite itself."
      },
      {
        "name": "Lightweight aluminium",
        "mid": "aluminium",
        "where": "The deployment rods in the Falcon 9 launch stack, about six metres long. The alloy is not stated."
      }
    ],
    "connections": "SpaceX builds the V2 Mini and launches it on Falcon 9 rockets. The first launch carried 21 satellites. Its argon Hall thruster is a SpaceX design. The V2 Mini grew out of the first-generation Starlink satellites and has four times their capacity for serving users. It belongs to the Gen2 constellation, whose first 7,500 satellites the US Federal Communications Commission has authorised to operate at 525, 530 and 535 km.",
    "unknown": "SpaceX does not publish what the structure, solar panels and cells, antennas, paint and wiring are made of. It also names no suppliers, and gives no details of the battery, star trackers or reaction wheels.",
    "facts": [
      {
        "label": "Mass",
        "value": "About 800 kg (1,760 lb) at launch"
      },
      {
        "label": "Body width",
        "value": "More than 4.1 m (13 ft)"
      },
      {
        "label": "Solar array span",
        "value": "About 30 m (100 ft)"
      },
      {
        "label": "Total surface area",
        "value": "About 116 m2"
      },
      {
        "label": "Capacity versus earlier satellites",
        "value": "four times"
      },
      {
        "label": "Launch vehicle",
        "value": "Falcon 9"
      }
    ]
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  "specifications": [
    {
      "label": "Mass",
      "value": "About 800 kg (1,760 lb) at launch",
      "source_url": "https://spaceflightnow.com/2023/02/26/spacex-unveils-first-batch-of-larger-upgraded-starlink-satellites/",
      "quote": "weighs about 1,760 pounds (800 kilograms) at launch"
    },
    {
      "label": "Body width",
      "value": "More than 4.1 m (13 ft)",
      "source_url": "https://spaceflightnow.com/2023/02/26/spacex-unveils-first-batch-of-larger-upgraded-starlink-satellites/",
      "quote": "a spacecraft body more than 13 feet (4.1 meters) wide"
    },
    {
      "label": "Solar array span",
      "value": "About 30 m (100 ft)",
      "source_url": "https://spaceflightnow.com/2023/02/26/spacex-unveils-first-batch-of-larger-upgraded-starlink-satellites/",
      "quote": "to a span of about 100 feet (30 meters)"
    },
    {
      "label": "Total surface area",
      "value": "About 116 m2",
      "source_url": "https://spaceflightnow.com/2023/02/26/spacex-unveils-first-batch-of-larger-upgraded-starlink-satellites/",
      "quote": "a total surface area of 1,248 square feet, or 116 square meters"
    },
    {
      "label": "Launch vehicle",
      "value": "Falcon 9",
      "source_url": "https://spaceflightnow.com/2023/02/26/spacex-unveils-first-batch-of-larger-upgraded-starlink-satellites/",
      "quote": "Once deployed from the Falcon 9 rocket"
    },
    {
      "label": "Operating altitudes authorised for the first 7,500 Gen2 satellites",
      "value": "525, 530 and 535 km",
      "source_url": "https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-22-91A1.pdf",
      "quote": "up to 7,500 satellites operating at altitudes of 525, 530, and 535 km"
    },
    {
      "label": "Design life assumed in the Gen2 filing",
      "value": "five years",
      "source_url": "https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-22-91A1.pdf",
      "quote": "a design life of five years"
    },
    {
      "label": "Re-entry",
      "value": "fully demise on re-entry (SpaceX analysis)",
      "source_url": "https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-22-91A1.pdf",
      "quote": "its Gen2 Starlink satellites will fully demise upon reentry into Earth’s atmosphere"
    },
    {
      "label": "User capacity versus earlier satellites",
      "value": "four times",
      "source_url": "https://spaceflightnow.com/2023/02/27/falcon-9-starlink-6-1-live-coverage/",
      "quote": "a V2 Mini satellite has four times the capacity for serving users compared to its earlier counterparts"
    },
    {
      "label": "V2 Mini Optimized (2025) mass",
      "value": "about 575 kg (1,267 lb), nearly 22 percent lighter",
      "source_url": "https://spaceflightnow.com/2025/01/06/live-coverage-spacex-to-launch-24-starlink-satellites-on-falcon-9-rocket-from-cape-canaveral-4/",
      "quote": "nearly 22 percent lighter than the original V2 Mini satellites"
    },
    {
      "label": "V2 Mini Optimized satellites per Falcon 9",
      "value": "up to 29",
      "source_url": "https://spaceflightnow.com/2025/01/06/live-coverage-spacex-to-launch-24-starlink-satellites-on-falcon-9-rocket-from-cape-canaveral-4/",
      "quote": "up to 29 satellites to launch on each mission"
    },
    {
      "label": "Laser link rate (V2 Mini Optimized)",
      "value": "up to 200 Gbps each",
      "source_url": "https://spaceflightnow.com/2025/01/06/live-coverage-spacex-to-launch-24-starlink-satellites-on-falcon-9-rocket-from-cape-canaveral-4/",
      "quote": "operating at up to 200 Gbps"
    }
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      "text": "Argon-fuelled Hall thruster for on-orbit manoeuvring",
      "source_url": "https://spaceflightnow.com/2023/02/26/spacex-unveils-first-batch-of-larger-upgraded-starlink-satellites/",
      "quote": "carry an argon-fueled electrical propulsion system"
    },
    {
      "text": "Phased array antennas and E-band backhaul",
      "source_url": "https://spaceflightnow.com/2023/02/26/spacex-unveils-first-batch-of-larger-upgraded-starlink-satellites/",
      "quote": "introduce E-band for backhaul capacity"
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      "quote": "a V2 Mini satellite has four times the capacity for serving users compared to its earlier counterparts",
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      "long": "Argon Hall-effect thruster hardware of the type used for on-orbit manoeuvring on Starlink satellites, on a workbench (photographer states it is from SpaceX Starlink satellites; generation not stated).",
      "kind": "context",
      "context": "Argon thruster of the type Starlink uses",
      "credit": "Steve Jurvetson (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/54224806923/) / via Wikimedia Commons",
      "license": "CC BY 2.0",
      "page_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Argon_Hall_Effect_thruster_(54224806923).jpg"
    }
  ],
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    "size": [
      "6U and larger"
    ],
    "mass": [
      "Over 100 kg"
    ],
    "orbit": [
      "Low Earth orbit"
    ]
  },
  "licence": "Product data CC BY 4.0, cite Space Mushroom. Photos keep their own licences, given per photo.",
  "mcp": "https://spacemushroom.com/mcp"
}