ALF Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 This batch of satellites will join more than 170 others that SpaceX launched on three previous missions. As many as 22 more launches are lined up for 2020, potentially growing the company's broadband constellation — called Starlink — to more than 1,500 satellites. SpaceX has regulatory approval to launch a total of more than 10,000 satellites. The company is also seeking approval to deploy another 30,000 on top of that. The price of building and launching the satellites will likely run as high as $10 billion, according to one early estimate from the company. There are also technical hurdles, such as how to build affordable user terminals. Starlink customers will need these user terminals, which will use complex antennas, to set up usable broadband connections at their home or office. The goal is to offer affordable internet service to parts of the United States and Canada by mid-2020, and eventually to beam cheap high-speed broadband across the globe -- including rural areas that do not currently have internet access. https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/29/tech/spacex-starlink-satellite-internet-launch-scn/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 http://www.deepskywatch.com/Articles/Starlink-sky-simulation.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snafu Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 Space junk image. Some day we won’t be able to leave orbit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeGOATski Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 8 hours ago, snafu said: Space junk image. Some day we won’t be able to leave orbit. What are you talking about. Eventually it's all going to coalesce into rings, like Saturn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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