Questions tagged [starlink]
Questions about Starlink, the satellite constellation developed by SpaceX to provide global broadband Internet
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What caused the LOX leak on Falcon 9?
On July 11, 2024, the second stage of the Falcon 9 had a LOX (Liquid Oxygen) leak in the second stage and it couldn't perform SES-2 (the second upper stage burn), causing the Starlinks onboard to be ...
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What's the numeral name of the recently launched Starlink satellites and where can I track them?
I'd like to track the recently launched Starlink sats that reached a too low orbit due to the Falcon 9 second stage leak and MVac Engine RUD. For some reason, if I wanna enter "Launch 11 July ...
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Does it make sense to use a skyhook to launch and deorbit mega-satellite constellations now?
One issue with sky hooks is that to keep them spinning, they need to accelerate and decelerate the same amount of mass; otherwise, they would change their velocity and might even slow down so much ...
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Internet satellite constellation at 5,000km [closed]
Imm really disturbed by the large number of Starlink satellites. I know that they have to be like this to reduce latency. But perhaps a moderate increase in latency is tolerable if it leads to a ...
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Starlink Satellite Orbits
Why do Starlink satellites orbit so fast around the Earth, approximately every 90 minutes or so? Why are they not in geostationary orbits?
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Do the second stages for Starlink launches from Florida do a deorbit burn over Texas?
This article about "strange red glows over Texas" claims that for Starlink launches from Florida, the second stages do a deorbit burn over Texas resulting in a South Atlantic Ocean impact.
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Is it possible to use the Starlink laser mesh network for science? What kind?
In the news there was an article about Starlink beaming 42 million GB of Data per day. Also it states that the lasers form a global mesh network of 9000+ lasers. There are 260.000 acquisistions per ...
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Starlink Dishy parameters and satellite recognition
I have two questions:
What are the antenna parameters of Starlink dish antennas (like antenna gain, directivity, etc)?
Is there any way for me to know which satellite my Starlink dish is ...
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Who is manufacturing the solar panels for Starlink satellites?
I am trying to understand the supply chain behind the Starlink Satellite Constellation. I am wondering how SpaceX is able to source those many solar panels. If somebody could give a brief explanation, ...
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What's the reason behind SpaceX's timing of launching Starlink satellites?
I noticed a pattern in the timing of Starlink launches: In the first half of each year, Starlink launches occur rather during the day, and in the second half, they occur rather during the night (...
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How big does a LEO relay satellite optical communication package need to be to support cislunar operations?
One of the things to come out of Artemis 1 was that NASA’s Deep Space Network was very overworked supporting Orion and eight cubesats + normal operations and maintenance. This led to some slightly ...
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Are the things I'm seeing satellites?
I have seen objects that look like satellites, but there are many of them, and they move in one direction in a straight line. Can someone help me to understand what they are?
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How are starlink satellites deployed?
I'm not a science guy, but I did some research and I gathered that the rocket's upper stage spins before releasing the satellites stack in such a way that each satellite is given a slightly different ...
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Does SpaceX expect 1 collision involving one of their Starlink satellites every 2 years?
I read on https://gizmodo.com/spacex-starlink-satellites-dodge-137-objects-daily-1850616506
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A new report revealed that Starlink satellites had to make 25,000 collision avoidance ...
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How does the current or future network latency of SpaceX Starlink compare to wired internet?
When reading about SpaceX Starlink, high frequency stock traders are mentioned as a potentially lucrative customers, this is because satellite to satellite communications don't have glass between them ...
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