/sci/ - Science & Math

based jannies
>Image limit reached.
Uh oh.

>woooo it is starting
>elon speaks
>cringe intensifies
Watching this is like watching people hit on chicks in high school.

>>10419816

I have't been keeping up with these threads, but you guys do know that the one in these images is just a statue and isn't meant to be functional right? The real one(s) is being built in another location out of the public eye.

>>10218808
Christ, Jeff, quit posting this shit. I know you have problems, but god damn lean your shit drama out of /sci/. Jeff, seriously though, if you want to outshine Elon you'll need to step up to the plate and start posting your own successes.

>>9532428
Info from an old post for comparisons:

Hughesnet uses 2 main sats now; which has increased their bandwidth and speed a great deal, but they still cap data and bandwidth like hungry Jews. The last one launched last year, "EchoStar XIX" operates in geostationary orbit, at a longitude of 97.1 degrees west.

EchoStar XIX
>35,783.80km altitude
http://www.n2yo.com/?s=41893

EchoStar XVII
>35,782.19km altitude
http://www.n2yo.com/?s=38551

Their old one,

Spaceway-3
>35786.80km altitude
http://www.n2yo.com/?s=32018

Since SpaceX's Starlink will have 12,000 satellites (fug) as its network they must be very very close to the Earth. Officially between, "1,110km and 1,325km." Compare that to the ISS at 422km and Iridium-104 at 780km. The air travel (bird fly) shortest distance from United States to Europe is 7,895.1 km. Total round trip distance for Starlink communications would be 2,220km to 2,650km.

Geo orbit lag time is 240ms - 279ms for the round trip.
Starlink lag time would be less than 10ms round trip.

>>9227713