They’ve already got prototype Starship upper stages built that have the cargo door necessary for launching Starlink satellites from, I think “a few years” is likely a very pessimistic timeframe at this point. If they’re not launching Starlink satellites with Starship at some point next year I will be very surprised.
The problem is that due to the scale of the rocket/explosions the regulators are being more picky - their test rate is much reduced. If their not allowed to launch again for months after the last failure then it could easily take that long.
They’ve already got prototype Starship upper stages built that have the cargo door necessary for launching Starlink satellites from, I think “a few years” is likely a very pessimistic timeframe at this point. If they’re not launching Starlink satellites with Starship at some point next year I will be very surprised.
The problem is that due to the scale of the rocket/explosions the regulators are being more picky - their test rate is much reduced. If their not allowed to launch again for months after the last failure then it could easily take that long.