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Old 27th Mar 2021, 07:48
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Listening to the commentators on the NASA site whilst waiting for the, scrubbed, SN11 launch, they discussed plans for future Starlink launches.

Spacex has now launched 1300 satellites out if a planned 1500, at their current launch rate that should be finished in 6-8 weeks (which is mind blowing in itself).

At which point they will reportedly switch to regular polar launches out of Vandenberg - which should provide good views in the higher latitudes.

The first 10 were launched on 24th January Transporter-1 mission which launched 133 satellites for various customers. The 10 were launched to an altitude of approximately 500-kilometers above Earth to operate in Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO).

The polar satellites transfer data between them using lasers so no ground stations are needed in the polar regions.


https://spacenews.com/spacex-adds-la...nk-satellites/

https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/26/2...rctic-military

OneWeb and SpaceX are racing to beam internet to the Arctic

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