Eccentric Orbits: The Iridium Story

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: 'r'.
Episode Silver Producers: Mitch Biegler, John Whitlow, Kevin Koch, Oliver Steele and Shane O'Neill.