99: StarLink

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 Support Pragmatic on Patreon Episode Gold Producer: 'r'. Episode Silver Producers: Mitch Biegler, John Whitlow, Kevin Koch, Oliver Steele and Shane O'Neill.