SpaceX and Elon Musk have been accelerating a project to provide high-speed, low latency broadband internet around the world via Satellites and are calling it StarLink. Radek joins John to deep dive into what StarLink is trying to accomplish, why it's a such a different approach to the problem and why it might actually succeed where others have failed.
With Radek Pietruszewski and John Chidgey.

SpaceX Achievements:

• SpaceX Sets A Turnaround Record

Radio Bands:

• Ka band
• Ku band
• V band
• Electromagnetic Spectrum

Competing Satellite Technologies:

• Globalstar
• Iridium Satellite Constellation
• Iridium Satellites
• Iridium Ends Legacy Satellite Service Switches All Traffic to Next
• Iridium Communications

Links of potential interest:

• Speed of Light in Fiber
• Laser Communication In Space
• How Fast Do Electrons Move?
• Catalog of Earth Satellite Orbits
• Satellite Phone
• Field of View
• Low Earth Orbit
• Solar Flares Affect Low Earth Orbit Satellites
• Geostationary Orbit
• Swathe
• Doppler Effect Calculator
• Orbit Of A Satellite Calculator

StarLink:

• Starlink Site
• Starlink
• SpaceX Releases New Details on Starlink Satellite Design
• SpaceX Modifies Starlink Network Design
• SpaceX Is Banking on Satellite Internet - Maybe It Shouldn’t
• SpaceX Starlink Internet Prepares for Beta Users
• SpaceX Starlink Satellite Internet

Radek’s Recommendations:

• Eccentric Orbits The Iridium Story
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