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'''Starlink''' is a [[satellite constellation]] currently being constructed by [[SpaceX]] to provide fast internet access worldwide. | '''Starlink''' is a [[satellite constellation]] currently being constructed by [[SpaceX]] to provide fast internet access worldwide. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
| − | The first concept of Starlink was first announced in January 2015<ref>''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcJcQA0-qDU Elon Musk Announces Plan for Internet Satellite Network 2015]''. YouTube.</ref> by Elon Musk. The project was kept closely under wraps for the next four years until scheduling the launch of the first batch of experimental Starlink satellites in May 2019.<ref>"[https://www.elonx.net/starlink-compendium/ Starlink Compendium]". ElonX. December 21, 2019. </ref> These sixty satellites launched aboard a Falcon 9 on 24 May 2019 from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. | + | The first concept of [[w:Starlink|Starlink]] was first announced in January 2015<ref>''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcJcQA0-qDU Elon Musk Announces Plan for Internet Satellite Network 2015]''. YouTube.</ref> by Elon Musk. The project was kept closely under wraps for the next four years until scheduling the launch of the first batch of experimental Starlink satellites in May 2019.<ref>"[https://www.elonx.net/starlink-compendium/ Starlink Compendium]". ElonX. December 21, 2019. </ref> These sixty satellites launched aboard a Falcon 9 on 24 May 2019 from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. |
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| + | Total satellites currently working (16 May 2021): 1578 | ||
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| + | == Technology == | ||
| + | The satellites will employ optical inter-satellite links and phased array beam-forming and digital processing technologies in the Ku- and Ka-bands<ref name=":0">Wikipedia Starlink article : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlink</ref>. | ||
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| + | Starlink satellites use Hall-effect thrusters with [[krypton]] gas as the reaction mass for orbit raising and station keeping. Krypton Hall thrusters tend to exhibit significantly higher erosion of the flow channel compared to a similar electric propulsion system operated with [[xenon]], but have a lower propellant cost<ref name=":0" />. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Starlink is a satellite constellation currently being constructed by SpaceX to provide fast internet access worldwide.
History
The first concept of Starlink was first announced in January 2015[1] by Elon Musk. The project was kept closely under wraps for the next four years until scheduling the launch of the first batch of experimental Starlink satellites in May 2019.[2] These sixty satellites launched aboard a Falcon 9 on 24 May 2019 from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
Total satellites currently working (16 May 2021): 1578
Technology
The satellites will employ optical inter-satellite links and phased array beam-forming and digital processing technologies in the Ku- and Ka-bands[3].
Starlink satellites use Hall-effect thrusters with krypton gas as the reaction mass for orbit raising and station keeping. Krypton Hall thrusters tend to exhibit significantly higher erosion of the flow channel compared to a similar electric propulsion system operated with xenon, but have a lower propellant cost[3].
References
- ↑ Elon Musk Announces Plan for Internet Satellite Network 2015. YouTube.
- ↑ "Starlink Compendium". ElonX. December 21, 2019.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Wikipedia Starlink article : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlink
