SpaceX delivers 3rd batch of Starlink satellites in two weeks
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Re: SpaceX delivers 3rd batch of Starlink satellites in two weeks
#2As someone stuck on old (HughesNet) satellite internet and waiting on my Starlink pre-order, this is great news. I didn’t get into the beta sadly, though I was signed up and in the eligibility area since day 1.
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#3My high school daughter has really gotten into astronomy and space in the last few years, and is torn between celebrating the 9th use of the same first-stage rocket and hating the pieces of space junk it’s delivering to low earth orbit.
Re: SpaceX delivers 3rd batch of Starlink satellites in two weeks
#4I'm keen to see Starlink deals with government censorship requests. Can a country even effectively enforce their requests? How will China enforce the Great Firewall for instance?
Re: SpaceX delivers 3rd batch of Starlink satellites in two weeks
#5My high school daughter has really gotten into astronomy and space in the last few years, and is torn between celebrating the 9th use of the same first-stage rocket and hating the pieces of space junk it’s delivering to low earth orbit.
Isn’t low earth orbit the best place for space junk as it burns up relatively easily?
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#6I'm keen to see Starlink deals with government censorship requests. Can a country even effectively enforce their requests? How will China enforce the Great Firewall for instance?
China will just confiscate any satellite dishes. SpaceX will comply if they want the market, or someone else will.
Re: SpaceX delivers 3rd batch of Starlink satellites in two weeks
#7My high school daughter has really gotten into astronomy and space in the last few years, and is torn between celebrating the 9th use of the same first-stage rocket and hating the pieces of space junk it’s delivering to low earth orbit.
It’s not space junk. When they’re ready to be decommissioned or they fail, the thrusters turn off and the whole thing descends into the atmosphere and burns up.
Re: SpaceX delivers 3rd batch of Starlink satellites in two weeks
#8My high school daughter has really gotten into astronomy and space in the last few years, and is torn between celebrating the 9th use of the same first-stage rocket and hating the pieces of space junk it’s delivering to low earth orbit.
Isn’t low earth orbit the best place for space junk as it burns up relatively easily?
Yeah, and SpaceX has gone through extraordinary lengths to reduce the visibility of Starlink satellites. However, the astronomy community overall hates it and it’s kind of a meme now.
Re: SpaceX delivers 3rd batch of Starlink satellites in two weeks
#9That’s really cool - essentially mission accomplished for reusability. Clearly they’re not degrading fast so with optimisation more will be possible
Re: SpaceX delivers 3rd batch of Starlink satellites in two weeks
#10I'm keen to see Starlink deals with government censorship requests. Can a country even effectively enforce their requests? How will China enforce the Great Firewall for instance?
They get “Jack Maa’d”