Elon Musk is the real Tony Stark at present. And Elon Musk is the richest person in the world. Because Elon Musk has his own car company, space exploration and social media platform called Twitter. PayPal is also a project of Elon Musk. But you may need to learn more about his Satalite Internet Network, Starlink.
These are the 25 facts about Starlink satellites that you should know.
25. SpaceX owns Starlink
Starlink is a system that can deliver global internet coverage. This system is operated and owned by Elon’s company called “SpaceX”.
23. Starlink aims to deliver global internet coverage
The Starlink project’s main purpose is to remotely provide an internet connection to people and businesses all around the world. It is a challenging idea for Spacex.
22. Starlink mobile internet connectivity
Starlink provides internet connection to cruise ships and vehicles, including RVs and airplanes.
21. Starlink cell phone connectivity
Elon Musk announced Starlink is started a partnership with T-mobile to enable Starlink connection to phones. This is the most useful feature that will help eliminate several dead zones in all Starlink satellites to broadcast directly to phones.
20. Startup Development
development on the first Starlink satellites began in 2015, with the first prototype completed in 2018.
19. Number of Satellites Launched
The first satellite of the Starlink Project was launched in 2019. But as of September 2022, there have been launched more than 3 000 satellites.
18. Starlink Project Goals
Starlink Project is decided to launch 12 000 satellites. But now, that goal might expand to 42 000 satellites because of the project’s success.
17. Meaning of Starlink
The name Starlink comes from The Fault in Our Stars book by John Green. Satellite development started in 2015, but the name was trademarked in 2017.
16. Starlink in Low Earth Orbit
Starlink uses a network of satellites only about 300 miles above our planet’s surface because it doesn’t occur any latency or delay issues.
15. How Starlink Satellite Launch
The most common problem is how Starlink satellites get into orbit. They use their own reusable Falcon 9 spacecraft to launch Starlink satellites. Falcon 9 can carry 60 Starlink satellites at a time.
14. Design of the Starlink Satellite
Each small Starlink satellite weighs about 573 pounds and has a flat body design.
13. Number of subscribers for Starlink
There were over 400,000 global subscribers to Starlink as of May 2022.
12. Starlink Laser Technology
Today most internet services use Fiber Optic technology. But Starlink satellites use Laser Technology which can transfer data among the satellite at the speed of light. And also, Laser Technology is more speed than Fiber.
11. Speed of the Starlink Connection
Elon’s goal was to reach 300 megabits per second by 2022. But in some places, speeds are only clocking in somewhere from 62 to 150 megabytes per second. This speed is enough to stream or download at the same for a couple of people. But it is not enough for industrial use.
10. Mission to occupy Mars
You’ve probably heard about Elon’s Mars projects. Also, SpaceX has a martian connection to this division. According to Starlink’s terms of service, this project may help fund the station on Mars setting up. And it will help to provide communication between Earth and Mars.
09. Main concern is the night sky
All the above facts are awesome. The main concern is night sky visibility and the impact that it might have on nocturnal Wildlife, taking light pollution to a whole new level.
08. Starlink is combating sky pollution
Starlink company has started experimenting with different materials and colours that won’t reduce the reflected sunlight amount of interference with visibility.
07. How weather affects Starlink Connectivity
Wind-blowing or Mild storms cannot do anything for your Starlink connectivity. But if your equipment gets covered with snow or like that, it may drop your connectivity and your internet.
06. Availability of Starlink
Starlink service is available in 40 countries on all seven continents. If you are not in these available countries, feel free. It will be able Starlink access the network very soon.
05. Starlink Polar Service
Starlink satellite internet service has arrived in Antarctica. Because the US National Science Foundation is testing its polar service, the company’s objective of serving remote locations cannot get more remote than Antarctica.
04. Starlink can Pre-Oder
If you are interested in a Starlink connection, you can pre-order a Starlink kit. But it can take as long as six months to fulfill. And also, some regions probably won’t be until 2023 or later.
03. Starlink kit contents
There is a satellite dish, a dish mount, a Wi-Fi router, a power cable, a based unit and a 75 feet long cable for connecting the router to the dish.
02. About Starlink Mobile App
Starlink mobile app help to find the best place to install the dish in your home. You can use the app to learn all guides to install the Starlink kit. And also, using Starlink mobile app, you can see usage, signal strength and more.
01. Cost for Starlink Plan
The most common problem is the price of the Starlink plans. The personal plans start at $110 per month with a one-time Hardware cost of $599. But the cost for business plans is $500 per month with a $2500a equipment package.
You need to know these facts about SpaceX’s Starlink Satellite Network. Comment on your current internet service provider and how do you think about Starlink Connection. However, the Starlink project is awesome and will help communicate planet Earth and Mars in the future.
