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SpaceX adds Falcon 9 back to second-gen Starlink launch plan
SpaceX adds Falcon 9 back to second-gen Starlink launch plan
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Tomorrow at 7 central, SpaceX and T-mobile announce a thing.
Starlink backhaul for cellular? There was mention if such at a previous SpaceX presentation...
Starlink backhaul for cellular? There was mention if such at a previous SpaceX presentation...
Rx power levels vs obstructions and line of sight aren't ideal. Uplink power is also an issue for direct to Starlink Satellites.
Direct backhaul to cell towers might be better.
Yep, it seems like it could work out great. T-Mobile could provide ground stations at sites it currently has a cell tower/Internet connection with just some additional equipment being installed, and Starlink could provide backhaul for remote cell towers that can't easily get an Internet connection. (Maybe it will help with the congestion some users are experiencing where there isn't enough ground station capacity for the number of Starlink Dishys in the area.)
It will be interesting to see the details they release.
It will indeed considering that a lot of areas in the US are oversubscribed right now for Starlink. But, any agreement will take a while to implement, so SpaceX has time to launch more satellites.
Baffling. Starlink has made a huge difference in my life since we got it a year and a half ago. Hope this doesn't result in degraded service.
Mostly I hope that they backtrack on this decision.
Thanks for the info Grendal. I’m glad Carr pointed out that the speed requirements have three years before they kick in, because that was my immediate reaction when I saw the FCC rescind the award based in part on lack of hitting speed targets. Carr’s letter is well worded and hopefully the commissioners will take the FCC to task. I honestly smell a political hatchet job here or paid for corruption.
Could use fiber connected cell towers as endpoints also, increasing the space to terrestrial bandwidth.
Phone - tower - sat (laser link relay if needed) - tower - backbone
bkp_duke
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Absolutely. Basically, many many more ground stations. Although these become somewhat less valuable in the future when sat to sat lasers are in place (except for the final hop to terrestrial).
While not co-located, unless it's user to user, all connections need as much gateway BW as user BW, that could add up. (Don't know the data rates though for the ratio). Multi-dish data centers are limited by total RF power (though bigger dishes help there).
Laser ground links would be cool...
BTW, at the T-Mobile event Elon also said that full V2 Starlink satellites will only be launched on Starship. Although they might launch some V2-mini satellites on F9 if Starship gets delayed too much.
dhanson865
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https://www.starlink.com/legal/documents/DOC-1002-69942-69?regionCode=US
and an archive of the table from today, latency and bandwidth will of course improve as more satelites are launched, make it into position, and get turned on.
and an archive of the table from today, latency and bandwidth will of course improve as more satelites are launched, make it into position, and get turned on.
Royal Caribbean adding Starlink
bkp_duke
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Wife loves cruises, and because of kids RC is the way we usually go.
LOVE hearing this. I can finally use internet in a meaningful way on trips!
LOVE hearing this. I can finally use internet in a meaningful way on trips!
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