Re:Realtime Starlink Satellite Map
by modeless on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @11:35PM
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SpaceX is launching the initial constellation without the laser links required for the hypothetical low latency service for traders. This would never happen if traders were the only or primary market. SpaceX has stated that their target is the consumer market and their actions are in line with that.
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You don't need inter-satellite links for low latency, as Mark Handley has elegantly pointed out in his incredible video. I don't think internet access will amount to even 50% of the revenue of Starlink.
You don't need satellites at all to beat fiber. Terrestrial microwave does it too. Starlink can't beat microwave except for places where it's impossible to install microwave, like over the ocean. But without cross links Starlink won't work over the ocean either.
Source? There is no indication whatsoever that the service will be cheap enough to be for the consumer market. In fact, all serious cost analyses show it's not.
Re:Realtime Starlink Satellite Map
by bryanlarsen on Thursday June 18, 2020 @03:06AM
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Shotwell said $80 a month.
https://spacenews.com/spacex-plans-to-start-offering-starlin...