Starlink

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Basics

  • A company branched off from SpaceX
  • Uses a VERY low earth orbit satellite constellation for high speed satellite internet
  • Not operational yet, in development, and some satellites in orbit
  • Will supposedly use a flat antennae (phased array based?) that is planned to be around the size of a "standard pizza box"
  • should also deorbit all satellites to not cause Space Junk
  • Main problem is annoyance to astronemers due to the many satellites in low orbit moving into and out of feild of veiw often
  • Since there are so many in the constellation, this has actually proven to be quite problamatic for astronomers
  • Granted space telescopes are unaffected, and measures can be taken to "dodge" their obits with ground telescopes
  • If successful one could get the same, if not better, preformance from satellite internet, than ground options, Including Fiber, WORLDWIDE

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