I prefer https://satellitemap.space/
You can see the base station locations there, which is helpful in visualizing how the system works in various locales.
Real-time map of every Starlink satellite in orbit
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#132The globe is almost invisible. Very hard to make out land. I was going to say I guess I'm happy they respected my dark mode preference, but this seems to be how it looks regardless of preference.
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#133Why is there such a sudden drop off in satellite density over 53°N ?
Satellites launched in a polar orbit only cover polar areas. It's more cost effective to design orbits with more area and customers under them.
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#134Earlier quoted context omitted.
A single company and cheaply are usually mutually exclusive as competition is what keeps prices down.
They're not mutually exclusive as far as cost goes - quite the opposite (hence all the talk about "synergy" and "vertical integration" in enterprise spaces) - but you're right about consumer prices. I think what's keeping the consumer prices for Starlink down is that for the vast majority of its coverage it does have competition. Much like how it's in Tesla's best interests for the US not to invest in high-speed rail…
Nobody was investing in rural fiber beforehand either. Try managing your EDS.
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#135Earlier quoted context omitted.
Elon has already stated that Starlink is not a replacement for a quality wired/fiber connection. His goal with Starlink is to cover areas that aren't covered by ISPs for whatever reason.
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Almost as if he's human. Better replace him with a bolshevik committee!
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#136Striking visualization, makes me wonder: can this density of satellite coverage meaningfully change how earth appears to an alien civilization many lightyears away, in a way that coverage by 1% or 10% as many satellites over the last ~50 years would not?
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#137Wow, I knew Starlink had an enormous constellation, but visualizing it like that really empathizes the scope. Would be cool if one day you could get your connectivity needs handled by a single company cheaply, almost anywhere in the world, without bothering about new contracts, moving cities or country borders.
Google Fi is uncapped, global, free roaming. Probably some countries don't work but so far ~30/30 for me.
Sounds interesting, but it appears to be available only in the US, and the international roaming only works for 90 days, so I don't think it really qualifies for "without bothering about new contracts, moving cities or country borders"
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#138It’s wild that a private company was able to take up this much orbital space / night sky and the people of the earth had no say in the matter.
The map makes these things appear much larger than they are at scale. There is a massive amount of space out there.
That's what they said about IPv4 addresses. But this time there isn't even the possibility of an IPv6-like upgrade.
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#139> The Starlink constellation could serve up to 188,160 MB/sec to Earth. Does that feel very slow to anyone else?
So 100Mbps for ~16k people. Barely useful. I can only ever see it being useful for real rural people, who don't get any 4G signal, but these people might also not want to pay the crazy subscription fees or $500+ for the equipment. I don't see any reason why anyone living in or <100km near a city would ever want this. 5G mobile can already provide 500Mbps and fiber is just unbeatable. At least the night sky was ruined…
I have Starlink. I'm 12km away from a town that has cable internet, but the only wired connection I can get is dial-up (fibre should be available in about 2 years: https://www.ontario.ca/page/ontario-connects-making-high-spe...).
Previously I subscribed to a local ISP that only supported 5mb/s, then one of the large Telcos (Bell) offered a 4G wireless internet, but it only had 100GB cap. With the overage charges I incurred the cost was greater than Starlink and then they oversold the service so it was nearly unusable from the time the kids got home from school until about 9pm.
Starlink has been rock solid for me, it's been well worth the money.
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#140It would be nice if the globe didn’t rotate by itself, or at least would only make one rotation per 24 hours. When looking at the movements in a particular area, it’s annoying that the area is always slowly rotating away.