We could only put tiny satellites into space and costs were at the weight in gold or silver.

The shocking SpaceX Starship tower catch means the a rocket with double the payload of a 747 will be able to launch a hundred times each year starting in about 2026-2027.

A SpaceX Starship could launch 120 Generation 3 satellites every time. They launch flat but when they unfold they will each have about the same solar panels as one of the four solar panel wings of the international space station. Ten put side by side would be the area of a football field. Each launch would have 12 football fields of solar panels.

A hundred launches for each Starship every year and each one launching ten times the mass in a Falcon 9. Starship will be ten times cheaper to make than a large jumbo plane. $30 million each instead of $300 million. However, we will not destroy the Starship or the booster after each mission. Each mission will only cost $3 million or less for fuel and maintenance.