
July 2020: Internal Private Beta Test Begins.October 2020: Public “Better Than Nothing” Beta Program Begins in U.S.January 2021: Public Beta Expands to Canada and U.K.January 2021: LAUNCH! SpaceX Surpasses 1,000 Starlink Satellites in Orbit – Starlink V1.0 L16.January 2021: LAUNCH! Polar Starlink Satellites – Transporter-1.September 2021: LAUNCH! First launch in second group of Starlink Satellites.October 2021: Starlink set to exit Beta period.November 2021: Starlink launches a new, square user terminal.November 2021: Tesla begins deploying Starlink at Superchargers.

February 2022: SpaceX launches Starlink Premium.February 2022: 40 Starlink satellites lost.March 2022: Starlink Premium renamed to Starlink Business.What is Starlink? An overview of SpaceX’s satellite internet serviceįirst announced in 2015, Starlink is a constellation of satellites by SpaceX intended to provide a high-speed and low-latency connection to the internet anywhere in the world. SpaceX hopes to bring the connection speed of Starlink up to 10 Gigabits per second.Įach Starlink customer is shipped a roughly pizza box-sized receiver. This receiver must have a clear field of view of the sky. SpaceX’s app makes it easy to ensure your Starlink receiver has a wide enough view. This receiver has motorized control over the angle but also makes use of phased array antennas.Ī phased array antenna essentially allows the angle of the radio waves to be controlled electronically. This provides far more granular control of the angle of connection, allowing the ground-based receiver to track the many Starlink satellites as they move overhead. Most current satellite internet networks are provided by satellites in an orbit at 35,786 km. This is known as geostationary orbit, as a satellite at that altitude traveling at about 3 km/s will be constantly above the same point on Earth. This is essential in order for one satellite to provide constant service to a specific area. Continued abuse of our services will cause your IP address to be blocked indefinitely.Starlink satellites on the other hand are in low earth orbit at an altitude of about 550 km. Please fill out the CAPTCHA below and then click the button to indicate that you agree to these terms. If you wish to be unblocked, you must agree that you will take immediate steps to rectify this issue.

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