On Tue, 2022-03-01 at 15:18 -0500, Tom Beecher wrote: > > Starlink however forgets that Russia does have anti satellite > > weapons and they probably will not hesitate to use them which will > > make low earth orbit a very dangerous place when Russia starts > > blowing up the Starlink birds. I applaud the humanitarian aspect > > of providing Starlink service, unfortunately there are geopolitical > > realities like access to space which is likely to be negatively > > impacted if and when Russia starts shooting down these birds. > > Fortunately if they start shooting down the birds the debris will > > burn up in a year or so unlike geosync orbit where it would stay > > forever. > > > > > Russia is not going to be using up it's anti-sat weapons to take down > commercial internet birds. Let's use a little common sense here. >
+1 There are a lot of birds which translates to a number of weapons that are likely an unnecessary expense at a time where the greatest expense is focused on the ground. > On Tue, Mar 1, 2022 at 2:57 PM Scott McGrath <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Starlink however forgets that Russia does have anti satellite > > weapons and they probably will not hesitate to use them which will > > make low earth orbit a very dangerous place when Russia starts > > blowing up the Starlink birds. I applaud the humanitarian aspect > > of providing Starlink service, unfortunately there are geopolitical > > realities like access to space which is likely to be negatively > > impacted if and when Russia starts shooting down these birds. > > Fortunately if they start shooting down the birds the debris will > > burn up in a year or so unlike geosync orbit where it would stay > > forever. > > > > On Tue, Mar 1, 2022 at 1:44 PM Phineas Walton <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > This is more of a brand image / marketing stunt for Starlink. A > > > pretty ingenious way to market which will heavily pay off long > > > term. To them, this is cheap for how much attention it’s getting > > > them. > > > > > > Phin > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 1, 2022 at 6:36 PM Crist Clark <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > So they’re going to offer the service to anyone in a denied area > > > > for free somehow? How do you send someone a bill or how do they > > > > pay it if you can’t do business in the country? > > > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 28, 2022 at 4:39 PM Jay Hennigan <[email protected]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > On 2/28/22 16:17, Michael Thomas wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > As a practical matter how does this help? You need to have > > > > > base > > > > > > stations/dishes, right? Can they be beefy ones that can pump > > > > > out > > > > > > gigabytes that would be capable of backfilling the load? Or > > > > > would it > > > > > > need to be multiple in parallel? Wouldn't that bandwidth be > > > > > constrained > > > > > > by the number of visible satellites in the constellation? I > > > > > wonder if > > > > > > they've ever even tested it with feeding into an internet > > > > > facing router. > > > > > > Could tables on the satellites explode? > > > > > > > > > > If there aren't fixed Internet-connected earth stations line- > > > > > of-sight to > > > > > the satellite that's serving the remote terminal, Starlink > > > > > will relay > > > > > satellite-to-satellite until a path to an Internet-connected > > > > > earth > > > > > station is in reach. > > > > > > > > > > From the linked article: > > > > > > > > > > "Musk has previously stressed Starlink’s flexibility of > > > > > Starlink in > > > > > providing internet service. In September, Musk talked about > > > > > how the > > > > > company would use links between the satellites to create a > > > > > network that > > > > > could provide service even in countries that prohibit SpaceX > > > > > from > > > > > installing ground infrastructure for distribution. > > > > > > > > > > As for government regulators who want to block Starlink from > > > > > using that > > > > > capability, Musk had a simple answer. > > > > > > > > > > “They can shake their fist at the sky,” Musk said." > > > > > -- Dennis Glatting Numbers Skeptic
