Starlink Satellites

[Murray]

I have been watching this in the evening/pre dawn sky, not as spectacular as they were when first launched but still pretty cool to see.

STARLINK Train - 3D REAL TIME TRACKING

Online 3D Satellite Tracking, with more than 15,000 satellites, pass and flare predictor. HD Images and video of the Earth from space

www.satflare.com

 

[SmokyMose]

Our newest Subaru has a feature called Starlink.
Are they related?

 

[Murray]

Our newest Subaru has a feature called Starlink.
Are they related?

Starlink - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

No, at least not yet

 

[BuckeyeSteve]

Are these similar to the iridium flares? I used to track those and they were very cool.

 

[Murray]

Are these similar to the iridium flares? I used to track those and they were very cool.

Not sure what an iridium flare is but there is a tab to select “Iridium Flares” and the software will calculate “Predict Passes” once you select your location.

 

[Murray]

Are these similar to the iridium flares? I used to track those and they were very cool.

Just did the Google search, Starlink are low orbiting satellites not iridium flares

 

[schlotz]

There is some controversy associated with the StarLink project which intends to bring high speed internet availability to about everywhere. They reflect a significant amount of light which is really messing with those in the field of observing the stars. ie telescopes, astrophotography etc..

 

[gary s]

I Learned Something

Gary

 

[megownm]

Starlink are LEO (Low Earth Orbiting) Satellites, that Elon Musk owns and will provide very low Internet access to users with high throughput (better than 5G) at a very cheap cost for the home terminal.

 

[Murray]

When I first saw the “string of pearls” I thought WTF am I witnessing. All sorts of crazy ideas were floating around in my head. It will be interesting to see what the cost is for Internet once the system is up and running. Can’t be cheap to launch all those satellites. My understanding is it will be especially beneficial to remote locations, I’m currently paying $100/month for Xplornet so if this system will lower that cost I’ll be a customer.