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Re: Starlink Aviation

#241

Slightly unrelated but makes me wonder how different would be the airline industry nowadays if Musk had launched a airline company at the same time he launched SpaceX. How different would it be to take a plane and travel across the world.

"If you want to be a Millionaire, start with a billion dollars and launch a new airline."

- Richard Branson

Re: Starlink Aviation

#243

Won't this require spectrum licensed from every country the plane fly's over? Easy in North America... But all other regions of the world a typical flight might go over 20 countries. If you can't secure a license for just one, you're gonna have a 5 hour flight with 20 minutes of no internet... Not great. And I don't think they're getting a license for Russia, Iran, China, half of Africa, etc any time soon.

-- shouldn't be too difficult: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITU_Radio_Regulations --

Re: Starlink Aviation

#244

Slightly unrelated but makes me wonder how different would be the airline industry nowadays if Musk had launched a airline company at the same time he launched SpaceX. How different would it be to take a plane and travel across the world.

The same but the screens on the back of the seats would be slightly larger.

Re: Starlink Aviation

#245

Just want to say the idea of joining a game at 20ms and ending it at 80ms because you've traveled thousands of kilometres is highly amusing to me.

Just out of curiosity I have played CS:GO and other competitive FPSs on planes before. I can’t imagine actually playing well on good ping, even briefly on a plane. I didn’t think something like that would ever even be possible in my lifetime.

Re: Starlink Aviation

#247
post #36

Are there no aerodynamic concerns for that installation? The VHF instruments pictured on top of the fuselage make this thing look like a plow that would be better fit on top of a Sprinter van... they couldn't have gone for a dome?

Was wondering the same, but taking into account the planes are flying with its nose lifted a bit, most of the drag should be created by its lower part

Re: Starlink Aviation

#248

Won't this require spectrum licensed from every country the plane fly's over? Easy in North America... But all other regions of the world a typical flight might go over 20 countries. If you can't secure a license for just one, you're gonna have a 5 hour flight with 20 minutes of no internet... Not great. And I don't think they're getting a license for Russia, Iran, China, half of Africa, etc any time soon.

No planes are flying over Russia anyway
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