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.