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Satellite Tracker – Live Map of Starlink and 30k Satellites
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Re: Satellite Tracker – Live Map of Starlink and 30k Satellites
#72Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes, I agree! But a 10% increase in surface area of LEO isn't small when compared to the size of the satellite, taking into account how the surface area at 10km compares to airplanes.
10% is an outrageously large change in a normal loan interest rate and an irrelevant change when comparing the weight of a paper plane to a real one. Keeping in mind another factor in your comparison was 7700%, I'm inclined to agree the 10% is negligible in context. It's fun to think about though.
But 10% is 50 million square kilometers. If we project this surface area to a theoretical planet with a diameter of 2000kms this planet alone would support 2000+ Starlink satellites in LEO. This is again not negligible.
Re: Satellite Tracker – Live Map of Starlink and 30k Satellites
#73I'm surprised that getting our low space to this state was even legal
I'm sometimes baffled how people's knee jerk reaction is to think how to ban this. And yet those same people complain about their parents that claimed that Rock'n'Roll or DnD should be banned because it's satanic. This is literally the coolest thing we as a species achieved that doesn't serve self-preservation purposes.
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Re: Satellite Tracker – Live Map of Starlink and 30k Satellites
#74I'm surprised that getting our low space to this state was even legal
I'm sometimes baffled how people's knee jerk reaction is to think how to ban this. And yet those same people complain about their parents that claimed that Rock'n'Roll or DnD should be banned because it's satanic. This is literally the coolest thing we as a species achieved that doesn't serve self-preservation purposes.
Problem is this capability is concentrated in the hands of
1. A private company.
2. Of a single country with inconsistent leaders.
I’d be less anxious if Europe had this capability instead.
Re: Satellite Tracker – Live Map of Starlink and 30k Satellites
#75Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think it's fair to classify the advantages as "modest" not "huge." Yes, it's cool that sailboats in the middle of the Pacific can get Internet, but the vast majority of Internet users are still connected via fiber or copper. And, arguably, the existence of Starlink could enable governments to cease the rollout of terrestrial Internet, which is a modest drawback to the technology. I've also seen reports that, as the…
As someone who worked and briefly lived in subsaharan Africa, I will say that the advantages are huge. Bandwidth alone isn't even the whole story - latency really matters too, another area where Starlink is super helpful compared to say, trying to get fiber punched in west from the southeastern parts of Africa. I have not yet mentioned the benefits of state actors not being able to cut your fiber at sea where nobody…
Fantastic now you can browse TikTok in the middle of the desert.
Re: Satellite Tracker – Live Map of Starlink and 30k Satellites
#76Re: Satellite Tracker – Live Map of Starlink and 30k Satellites
#77To get a better sense of the scale, if you are viewing this app on a 4K display, with the planet measuring about 2,000 pixels across Earth’s diameter is approximately 12,742 km (7,918 miles), so each pixel represents about 6.37 km (3.96 miles). A Starlink satellite is roughly 6 m (20 ft) wide without its solar panels. This means a one-pixel satellite marker is shown at roughly 1,000 times its true size. So even if th…
Whether the pixels are not representative of actual size, seems like putting lipstick on a pig. When I look up at night, I can't see the night sky without several satellites interrupting my view. Even a brief 10 second glance, will produce at least 1.
Their is no communication need that is greater than our need to understand space and space weather. If the satellite operators can't stop destroying the night sky, their launch permission should be removed, so as their old satellites fall, new ones won't be allowed to launch.
Further, if the federal government won't intervene (looking at the U.S. because Starlink). Then states should make those satellite receivers illegal.
Re: Satellite Tracker – Live Map of Starlink and 30k Satellites
#78I'm surprised that getting our low space to this state was even legal
I'm sometimes baffled how people's knee jerk reaction is to think how to ban this. And yet those same people complain about their parents that claimed that Rock'n'Roll or DnD should be banned because it's satanic. This is literally the coolest thing we as a species achieved that doesn't serve self-preservation purposes.
> This is literally the coolest thing we as a species achieved that doesn't serve self-preservation purposes.
couldn't be more wrong
Re: Satellite Tracker – Live Map of Starlink and 30k Satellites
#79Re: Satellite Tracker – Live Map of Starlink and 30k Satellites
#80Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm sometimes baffled how people's knee jerk reaction is to think how to ban this. And yet those same people complain about their parents that claimed that Rock'n'Roll or DnD should be banned because it's satanic. This is literally the coolest thing we as a species achieved that doesn't serve self-preservation purposes.
Problem is this capability is concentrated in the hands of 1. A private company. 2. Of a single country with inconsistent leaders. I’d be less anxious if Europe had this capability instead.
Europe isn't the sort of place that would develop this capability