SpaceX schedules first East Coast Starlink launch in half a year

[NYDutch]

"In just a few days, SpaceX's next Starlink mission has gone from a complete mystery to a firm launch date."

SpaceX schedules first East Coast Starlink launch in half a year

In just a few days, SpaceX’s next Starlink mission has gone from a complete mystery to a firm launch date. Set to be SpaceX’s first Starlink launch in almost two months and first East Coast Starlink mission in almost half a year, the launch effectively came out of nowhere with a single week’s...

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[harshness]

That's what happens when you have your own launch craft.

I saw the latest YouTube video on the Starlink constellation and was surprised to see how many satellites they've gone through already as part of their proof of concept.

I see also that Boeing is asking to launch their own blanket.

Something I didn't understand before was that in order to get service with the current fleet, you have to be sharing LOS with a Starlink ground station. This is what the LASERs are designed to address and perhaps why they're avoiding certain regions.

 

[John2021]

Amazon is supposed to be launching there own network to. haven't heard anything on that in a while..

 

[klang]

Amazon is supposed to be launching there own network to. haven't heard anything on that in a while..

Was in the news just the other day: Amazon seeks U.S. approval to deploy 4,500 additional satellites for internet project

Verizon partners with Amazon to use tech giant's satellite internet system for rural broadband

 

[navychop]

Launch vehicle may be Giant trampolines.

 

[Foxbat]

Launch vehicle may be Giant trampolines.

Or rapidly spinning merry-go-rounds:

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[NYDutch]

Or rapidly spinning merry-go-rounds:

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Hmmm, some of those launch sequences looked awfully familiar...