SpaceX wants to launch 100k more Starlink satellites – for 100x the bandwidth

Re:SpaceX wants to launch 100k more Starlink satellites – fo... by ben_w on Saturday July 11, 2026 @05:05AM (#48870203)

> 'My kids had to see a power line going through the country side'

A lot of people get upset about such things, even those are rather more important than just adding to the world's existing widespread internet access.

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Re:SpaceX wants to launch 100k more Starlink satellites – fo... by dzhiurgis on Saturday July 11, 2026 @05:35AM (#48870371)

Wind turbines and solar farms is another one. It’s same people who whinge about crying babies on plane.

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Re:SpaceX wants to launch 100k more Starlink satellites – fo... by ben_w on Saturday July 11, 2026 @05:53AM (#48870468)

All of those three examples are also rather more important than Starlink.

Starlink is cool, and has some niches, but this is a fairly limited argument in its favour.

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Re:SpaceX wants to launch 100k more Starlink satellites – fo... by dzhiurgis on Saturday July 11, 2026 @08:22AM (#48871420)

All three are greener variant of what was already available. Alternatives to starlink weren’t really available.

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