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Star Link
Star Link
By:
Veneille Florence Siva
BTLED ICT 2-A
WHAT IS STARLINK?
WORLD'S MOST ADVANCED BROADBAND SATELLITE INTERNET
● Technically a division within SpaceX, Starlink is also the name of the spaceflight
company's growing network of orbital satellites or "constellation." The
development of that network began in 2015, with the prototype satellites
launched into orbit in 2018.
● In the years since, SpaceX has deployed thousands of Starlink satellites into
the constellation across dozens of successful launches, the most recent of
which took place on Feb. 17 and delivered another 51 satellites into low-Earth
orbit. That brings the total number of satellites in orbit to just under 4,000.
Starlink is a satellite internet provider developed by Elon Musk's
company SpaceX.
How does Starlink works?
● Most satellite internet services come from single
geostationary satellites that orbit the planet at 35,786
km. As a result, the round trip data time between the
user and satellite—also known as latency—is high,
making it nearly impossible to support streaming, online
gaming, video calls or other high data rate activities.