Alaska isn’t in the mesh, how is it in the coverage zone?
Live Starlink Satellite and Coverage Map
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#32Alaska isn’t in the mesh, how is it in the coverage zone?
Seems available: https://www.starlink.com/map
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#33Alaska isn’t in the mesh, how is it in the coverage zone?
The connectivity was pretty terrible in Alaska, at least as of November of last year when I cancelled and returned Starlink.
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#34It never stops surprising me how quickly satellites in LEO move
If they didn't move so fast then the Great Filter would catch them. #downvoteswelcomethestupidjokeisworthit
Asking a redditor to abstain from shitty jokes is like expecting Pavlov's dog to not drool at the sound of a bell.
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#35I’m curious about how can they ensure connectivity for a particular area. Is it just that they place a bunch of satellites in orbits and hope that they have enough density? Or is there a method to the madness? I am assuming a single satellite covers very small area, in this case a single hexagonal area
The orbits are designed to maximize coverage; it's clearer if you look at the orbital parameters instead of a globe, where you can see that satellites are evenly spaced: https://imgur.com/a/aReh0EQ The details are complicated, but each satellite can see quite a large area and any given spot on the ground is within range of 3-4 satellites.
This makes sense. Thank you for the image
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#36Wow, this is incredible. Why the GPS satellites are far away from the planet, compared to the other ones?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geostationary_orbit
Geostationary orbit wouldn't work for a GNSS: all satellites would be in the same plane, so it would be impossible to distinguish between the northern and southern hemisphere. This would render it inconvenient in most countries and unusable anywhere near the equator.
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#37How long does Dishy communicate with one satellite before switching to another one? It looks like they move across quite fast.
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#38> $120/mo for service and $599 for hardware Noope. no thank you. https://www.starlink.com/
This service is not for you if that is your reaction. Until recently I lived in a location where there is literally no other option capable of supporting Teams calls. Before Starlink I rented a second house in a "nearby" (49 minutes each way) town to use as an office. Comparatively, Starlink is a phenomenal deal.
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.
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#39Can someone explain what is the point of having long lines of satellites traveling on the same path?
The ones really close together are freshly launched and still being moved into their final position.
However, all satellites are by design placed into a small number of orbits, see [0]. For example, phase 1 consisted of 72 different orbits with 22 sats each, so each sat would be 1/22th of an orbit behind the previous one - and the orbits are shifted in a similar fashion around the earth. This ensures that there is a uniform global coverage, as a new sat will move over an area right when another one moves out.
[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlink#/media/File:Starlink_...
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#40Earlier quoted context omitted.
This service is not for you if that is your reaction. Until recently I lived in a location where there is literally no other option capable of supporting Teams calls. Before Starlink I rented a second house in a "nearby" (49 minutes each way) town to use as an office. Comparatively, Starlink is a phenomenal deal.
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.
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