SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk, in a Jan. 15 tweet, said there were 1,469 satellites active, with 272 moving to operational orbits. SpaceX's current Starlink constellation is authorized for 4,408 satellites, all in orbits at around 550 kilometers.
I'm rural and on starlink, it's amazing. There's constantly at least one satellite overhead and your dish is constantly dropping and connecting to the next one as they fly overhead
Not at all, it constantly tracks whatever is in the sky. The dish cost $500 but rumor is they cost $2k to make. It's a slick piece of equipment, it even melts snow and ice build up
There are supposedly 4500 satellites in space but only 1500 belong to Elon Musk. A solar flare occurs, randomly knocking out all satellites in a large area -- 40 satellites in total. Somehow all 40 of them belong to Elon Musk. Please tell me how that is supposed to work.
Starlink satellites are launched in batches to a suborbital single launch. then the Starlinks individually go to an assigned higher orbit.. I'm not a rocket scientist, but I've been around since before Sputnik... and paid attention... 🤔
SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk, in a Jan. 15 tweet, said there were 1,469 satellites active, with 272 moving to operational orbits. SpaceX's current Starlink constellation is authorized for 4,408 satellites, all in orbits at around 550 kilometers.
The more you know, etc. Pretty neat
Thanks. Didn't realize there were that many.
I'm rural and on starlink, it's amazing. There's constantly at least one satellite overhead and your dish is constantly dropping and connecting to the next one as they fly overhead
I just got it, fast AF. I've not had issues while gaming on it. Well over 200 Mbps.
Same here, before starlink our only options were hughesnet or 10mbps wifi. I play rocket league online with zero issues now
hows the ping though
How does it compare in price to the usual suspects...cable, DSL?
Does it drop your internet connection when it switches satellites?
Not at all, it constantly tracks whatever is in the sky. The dish cost $500 but rumor is they cost $2k to make. It's a slick piece of equipment, it even melts snow and ice build up
No. Seamless transition. I'm in NH.
It should be seamless from what I heard. Like a relay race. Or like current cell towers just a lot more advanced.
There are supposedly 4500 satellites in space but only 1500 belong to Elon Musk. A solar flare occurs, randomly knocking out all satellites in a large area -- 40 satellites in total. Somehow all 40 of them belong to Elon Musk. Please tell me how that is supposed to work.
They were in a pre-orbit hold, the staff tried to get em out into orbit but the sunfart was too fast.
I want to read science books that have sunfarts in it :)
I think the Hitchhikers Guide has the lock on that... 😁
What exactly is a pre-orbit hold? If I understand right, you're saying they were launching all 40 rockets in the same area at the same time?
Starlink satellites are launched in batches to a suborbital single launch. then the Starlinks individually go to an assigned higher orbit.. I'm not a rocket scientist, but I've been around since before Sputnik... and paid attention... 🤔