About this episode
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
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