SpaceX’s brisk Starlink launch cadence to continue next week

[smp]

From SpaceFlightNow.com:
"SpaceX plans to launch its next group of Starlink broadband satellites aboard a Falcon 9 rocket as soon as Monday, Jan. 20, from Cape Canaveral, two days after the company is scheduled to launch a modified Falcon 9 booster from a separate facility at the Florida spaceport to test the Crew Dragon spaceship’s emergency escape system."

https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/01/14/s ... next-week/

Read it and weep...

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[bladekeeper]

I saw a string of those going over one night. I tried to convince myself it was one of the Star Wars text crawls seen edge-on, but that didn't work out to well.

Otherwise, I've got nothing good to say about it. Pass me the tissues, Stephen.

[man1]

Just think for a moment - why would one company be allowed to launch so many Sats....
what other benefits are there to make this worth while... ;-)

[helicon]

Kind of a sad state of affairs, and as amateurs - what should we do about it?

[smp]

Just think for a moment - why would one company be allowed to launch so many Sats....
what other benefits are there to make this worth while... ;-)

Here's a snippet from a recent article on SpaceFlightNow.com:
"The U.S. military has a contract with SpaceX to demonstrate the Starlink network’s ability to deliver data to the cockpit of airplanes, the first of what SpaceX hopes will be a lucrative business selling bandwidth to the Defense Department."

The article can be seen here:
https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/01/04/s ... nk-launch/

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[UlteriorModem]

It is almost as if he wants to hurry up and do it before someone raises concerns.

Easier to ask for forgiveness than permission.

[man1]

Just think for a moment - why would one company be allowed to launch so many Sats....
what other benefits are there to make this worth while... ;-)

Here's a snippet from a recent article on SpaceFlightNow.com:
"The U.S. military has a contract with SpaceX to demonstrate the Starlink network’s ability to deliver data to the cockpit of airplanes, the first of what SpaceX hopes will be a lucrative business selling bandwidth to the Defense Department."

The article can be seen here:
https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/01/04/s ... nk-launch/

smp

Just like cell towers on the ground detecting electromagnetic emissions/disturbances in the atmosphere can be handy.
The more points the better the grid/resolution. Best way to detecting stealth.