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
- Starlink
- SpaceX Releases New Details on Starlink Satellite Design
- SpaceX Modifies Starlink Network Design
- SpaceX Is Banking on Satellite Internet - Maybe It Shouldn’t
- SpaceX Starlink Internet Prepares for Beta Users
- SpaceX Starlink Satellite Internet
Radek’s Recommendations:
- Eccentric Orbits The Iridium Story
- Create and Manage Your Own Space Program
Nozbe Teams:
- Nozbe Teams on Product Hunt
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Episode Gold Producer:
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Episode Silver Producers:
Mitch Biegler, John Whitlow, Kevin Koch, Oliver Steele and Shane O'Neill.