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SpaceX is targeting Wednesday, May 15 for the launch of 60 Starlink satellites from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. SpaceX’s Starlink is a next-generation satellite network capable of connecting the globe, especially reaching those who are not yet connected, with reliable and affordable broadband internet services.

Liftoff is targeted for 11:00 p.m. EDT on May 15, or 3:00 UTC on May 16, with the launch window closing at 12:00 a.m. on May 16, or 4:00 UTC. A backup launch window opens on Thursday, May 16 at 10:30 p.m. EDT, or 2:30 UTC on May 17, and closes at 12:00 a.m. on May 17, or 4:00 UTC. Falcon 9’s first stage for this mission previously supported the Telstar 18 VANTAGE mission in September 2018 and the Iridium-8 mission in January 2019. Following stage separation, SpaceX will attempt to land Falcon 9’s first stage on the “Of Course I Still Love You” droneship, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. Approximately one hour and two minutes after liftoff, the Starlink satellites will begin deployment at an altitude of 440km. They will then use onboard propulsion to reach an operational altitude of 550km.
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i wonder if we would be able to get internet services from spacex directly in coming years.
 
Sushubh said:
i wonder if we would be able to get internet services from spacex directly in coming years.
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prototypes launched yesterday dont have ability to talk between themselves. they can only talk with base stations on earth. these are just gen 1 prototypes. gen 2 and gen 3 will have lasers so they can talk with each other.

if they keep their schedule of launching 2k satellites per year, they can possibly start internet services in india within 5 years providing they get ISP license fast enough.

Its amazing how much musk gets done all the while shitposting on twitter
 

yeah, long thread on reddit with people discussing coverage, latency and speeds. lol. waiting for india to jump in and ask... how much would it cost for a 100mbps connection with unlimited data transfer?
 
latency should be easily managable since these are very close to earth and use lazers. speeds should be fine too I think. coverage per satellite will be very low however since they're really close to earth. thats why they need 12~20000 satellites to cover the whole earth
 
latency should be good for web services that are not locally hosted or available through cdn as they would bypass the tens of nodes plus international routes. but to access something hosted locally, it would probably be relatively bad.
 

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