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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsElon Musk receives FCC approval to launch over 7,500 satellites into space
From https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/space-elon-musk-fcc-approval/
Elon Musk receives FCC approval to launch over 7,500 satellites into space
By Kelly Hodgkins Posted on November 16, 2018
The FCC this week unanimously approved SpaceXs ambitious plan to launch 7,518 satellites into low-Earth orbit. These satellites, along with 4,425 previously approved satellites, will serve as the backbone for the companys proposed Starlink broadband network. As it does with most of its projects, SpaceX is thinking big with its global broadband network. The company is expected to spend more than $10 billion to build and launch a constellation of satellites that will provide high-speed internet coverage to just about every corner of the planet.
SpaceX plans initially to launch 4,425 Starlink satellites into a low-Earth orbit followed by an additional 7,518 satellite at an even lower orbit. The first group of satellites will operate at an altitude of 1,110km to 1,325km and will form the backbone of the companys Starlink broadband service. The additional satellites will circle the Earth at altitudes from 335km to 346km and will boost capacity and lower latency, especially in densely populated areas. Because of these low orbits, SpaceX says its planned Starlink broadband network will have latencies as low as 25ms and gigabit speeds that will rival existing cable or fiber optic systems. Not only will it be fast, but the Starlink network also will reach those areas that have poor or no internet connectivity.
FCC rules require SpaceX to launch 50 percent of its proposed satellites within six years and all of them within nine years unless a waiver is granted. To put this deployment in perspective, there are currently only 1,886 active satellites presently in orbit. These new SpaceX satellites will increase the number of active satellites six-fold in less than a decade. A recent simulation by Mark Handley, professor of Networked Systems in the Department of Computer Science at University College London, visually shows the off-the-charts scale and complexity of the network.
SpaceX already is making progress on this formidable plan. On February 22, 2018, the company successfully launched its first two Starlink test satellites, Tintin A and Tintin B, from Californias Vandenberg Air Force Base. These satellites are being used to test the Starlink network on a small scale and demonstrate its feasibility. It is not known whether these test satellites will be used in the network when it finally is brought online. As part of its approval, the FCC requires SpaceX to have a debris mitigation plan to keep the space junk problem from getting worse.
By Kelly Hodgkins Posted on November 16, 2018
The FCC this week unanimously approved SpaceXs ambitious plan to launch 7,518 satellites into low-Earth orbit. These satellites, along with 4,425 previously approved satellites, will serve as the backbone for the companys proposed Starlink broadband network. As it does with most of its projects, SpaceX is thinking big with its global broadband network. The company is expected to spend more than $10 billion to build and launch a constellation of satellites that will provide high-speed internet coverage to just about every corner of the planet.
SpaceX plans initially to launch 4,425 Starlink satellites into a low-Earth orbit followed by an additional 7,518 satellite at an even lower orbit. The first group of satellites will operate at an altitude of 1,110km to 1,325km and will form the backbone of the companys Starlink broadband service. The additional satellites will circle the Earth at altitudes from 335km to 346km and will boost capacity and lower latency, especially in densely populated areas. Because of these low orbits, SpaceX says its planned Starlink broadband network will have latencies as low as 25ms and gigabit speeds that will rival existing cable or fiber optic systems. Not only will it be fast, but the Starlink network also will reach those areas that have poor or no internet connectivity.
FCC rules require SpaceX to launch 50 percent of its proposed satellites within six years and all of them within nine years unless a waiver is granted. To put this deployment in perspective, there are currently only 1,886 active satellites presently in orbit. These new SpaceX satellites will increase the number of active satellites six-fold in less than a decade. A recent simulation by Mark Handley, professor of Networked Systems in the Department of Computer Science at University College London, visually shows the off-the-charts scale and complexity of the network.
SpaceX already is making progress on this formidable plan. On February 22, 2018, the company successfully launched its first two Starlink test satellites, Tintin A and Tintin B, from Californias Vandenberg Air Force Base. These satellites are being used to test the Starlink network on a small scale and demonstrate its feasibility. It is not known whether these test satellites will be used in the network when it finally is brought online. As part of its approval, the FCC requires SpaceX to have a debris mitigation plan to keep the space junk problem from getting worse.
Low Latency Routing in Space
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Visualization of routing over SpaceX's proposed Starlink network.
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Visualization of routing over SpaceX's proposed Starlink network.
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Elon Musk receives FCC approval to launch over 7,500 satellites into space (Original Post)
sl8
Nov 2018
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Loki Liesmith
(4,602 posts)1. Cool
jcgoldie
(11,610 posts)2. Speaking as a guy who can only get the internet on a dish
...because there are no cable lines here and we are too far out for DSL... so I been missing my Last Week Tonight for 3 weeks due to Dish network standoff with HBO... and I'm limited to 50 GB download/ month so that pretty much leaves out netflix/hulu et al... I say hurry up!
empedocles
(15,751 posts)3. Lot of future junk in space to be dealt with at someone else's expense.
Roland99
(53,342 posts)4. Google looking into balloons, Facebook looking into satellites, too
anarch
(6,535 posts)5. greeeat. I bet he's working on AI too...now it's only a matter of time until: Skynet. n/t
RandiFan1290
(6,221 posts)6. Neuralink
Neuralink is developing ultra high bandwidth brain-machine interfaces to connect humans and computers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuralink
blugbox
(951 posts)7. He is. It's called OpenAI
But he agrees with you. In fact, Musk believes AI has the potential to be our greatest threat beyond anything. He strongly advocates for safe and sane use of AI, and a careful approach to achieving it.