Live Starlink Satellite and Coverage Map

Post by kitsunesoba » Sat, Apr 29, 2023, 4:22 PM UTC

oh_sigh wrote: post #186

la64710 wrote: post #183

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But the question is who gave this one guy right to surround our earth like this? As the power of individuals grow is there going to be any oversight to ensure a consensus is reached collectively before someone decide to do something like this? I agree that technically it may not be as bad as it looks but just in principle one cannot fathom the level of reach that modern civilization allows to just one person that thi…

Do you think China or Russia would ever agree to a global satellite internet connectivity initiative that allows anyone to easily bypass their information control mechanisms?

Post by kitsunesoba » Sat, Apr 29, 2023, 4:33 PM UTC

ck2 wrote: post #64

modeless wrote: post #7

Frequently Commented Questions: Yes, space looks crowded in these visualizations. But the size of the satellites is exaggerated here by thousands of times. Space is huge and the collision risk is extremely low. If displayed at their true size the satellites would not be visible, and indeed the vast majority are not visible in the real life night sky. The exception is recently launched satellites that are still in tra…

There's several more startups filing to launch their own 10,000+ satellites. The sky is going to be trashed like the scooters littered across every major city's sidewalks, seemed like an acceptable idea on paper by the eager governments beforehand but in reality it just makes an absolute mess that no-one seems to take responsibility for or ever fixes.

Post by evandale » Sat, Apr 29, 2023, 4:55 PM UTC

edgyquant wrote: post #182

newZWhoDis wrote: post #161

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People like you said the same thing when we built roads, bridges, steam ships, aircraft, and now spacecraft. Instead of bothering those who are building the future, you’re welcome to run off in the woods and LARP as ted kaczynski. It’s certainly preferable to moaning on the internet about how others are “denatured”.

I disagree with that poster as well, but this is a bit of an immature response. People are welcome to have worries about this stuff and it’s better to argue for their arguments being misguided than tell them to go live in the woods if they don’t like it.

Post by sgtnoodle » Sat, Apr 29, 2023, 5:33 PM UTC

charcircuit wrote: post #94

sgtnoodle wrote: post #60

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For a slight latency cost, you could always VPN to an endpoint in the cloud with a routable IP address.

It's ridiculous to need to add that many hops just to do something as basic as receive a packet from someone else on the internet.

Post by genewitch » Sat, Apr 29, 2023, 5:57 PM UTC

mardifoufs wrote: post #57

charcircuit wrote: post #38

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What does competition look like for Starlink? Will competitors have to launch their own mesh of satellites? If you want to actually have your own IPv4 address you will have to pay $250 per month + $2500 for the terminal. This is despite the fact an IPv4 address only costs them a one time cost of about $40.

I think the closest they have to a competitor is oneweb, which hasn't completed the roll out for their first constellation yet. They are surprisingly close though, and could've been able to actually have an operational internet service if it wasn't for a scrapped launch related to the Russian invasion. I remember thinking they were basically dead, but they have recovered surprisingly well. Though their satellites are…