Yeah the article i posted the other day also suggest solar flares for the increase, but many people chimed in suggesting that this was normal and expected because they have short lifespans. Over 200 in 3 months sounds like a lot to me, which is roughly 4% of their total satellites and the earliest production satellites were from 2019 and it wasn’t even 200.
I’m no Musk fan but this tech is a game changer for anyone not living in North America or Europe. Even Australians stand to benefit.
Anyone who lives any sort of distance from NA and Europe understands the physical limitation of the speed of light through a glass medium.
Also the satellites are in low earth orbit so quick decay is meant to happen. Also solar activity happens often, and any manner of craziness because it’s space after all.
SpaceX and Oneweb have changed the satellite game. They have developed low cost highly deployable satellites. The immense amount of engineering is really a feat of human endeavour.
Oh, and SpaceX isn’t the only company doing this. There are several other companies trying to get similar projects off the ground.
Im really hoping that this takes off. Low latency, fast internet, not dependent on electricity infrastructure I really hope starlink comes to fruition.
Yeah the article i posted the other day also suggest solar flares for the increase, but many people chimed in suggesting that this was normal and expected because they have short lifespans. Over 200 in 3 months sounds like a lot to me, which is roughly 4% of their total satellites and the earliest production satellites were from 2019 and it wasn’t even 200.
Exactly this quick loss it not normal.
How do you know?
Because if the business plan for Starlink is to lose 4% of its fleet quarterly, it’s beyond doomed to fail.
That might not be the plan, but this is a Musk run company. We all know that Musk companies don’t have the best track record with build quality.
I’m no Musk fan but this tech is a game changer for anyone not living in North America or Europe. Even Australians stand to benefit.
Anyone who lives any sort of distance from NA and Europe understands the physical limitation of the speed of light through a glass medium.
Also the satellites are in low earth orbit so quick decay is meant to happen. Also solar activity happens often, and any manner of craziness because it’s space after all.
SpaceX and Oneweb have changed the satellite game. They have developed low cost highly deployable satellites. The immense amount of engineering is really a feat of human endeavour.
Oh, and SpaceX isn’t the only company doing this. There are several other companies trying to get similar projects off the ground.
Im really hoping that this takes off. Low latency, fast internet, not dependent on electricity infrastructure I really hope starlink comes to fruition.