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2020-01-06 Science & Technology
SpaceX will launch another 60 Starlink satellites into orbit TONIGHT as it pushes ahead with plans for a global internet despite complaints from disgruntled astronomers
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Posted by Skidmark 2020-01-06 07:33|| || Front Page|| [1 views ]  Top

#1 Global Internet? Just don't come crying to me when you get hacked.
Posted by Abu Uluque 2020-01-06 13:14||   2020-01-06 13:14|| Front Page Top

#2 ...or get access when your government or some UN muckety-muck shuts down your local provider.
Posted by Procopius2k 2020-01-06 13:35||   2020-01-06 13:35|| Front Page Top

#3 If Big Gov or the UN decides to shut down the internet, you can bet StarLink's ground stations will be shut down too.
Posted by M. Murcek 2020-01-06 14:23||   2020-01-06 14:23|| Front Page Top

#4 I wonder how portable "ground stations" will be ?
Posted by Thaith Elmeresing6163 2020-01-06 21:49||   2020-01-06 21:49|| Front Page Top

#5 Initially, not very portable:
The system will not compete with the Iridium satellite constellation, which is designed to link directly to handsets. Instead, it will be linked to flat user terminals the size of a pizza box, which will have phased array antennas and track the satellites. The terminals can be mounted anywhere, as long as they can see the sky.

As Starlink moves up the frequency band, the terminals will get smaller.
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