Will SpaceX Starlink Satellites Ruin The Night Sky?
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- Опубликовано: 20 сен 2024
- Starlink, the satellite internet constellation operated by SpaceX, was set up to deliver satellite internet connectivity to the vast majority of the world's population. To be fully operational, the company projects require the deployment of 12,000 satellites. While the idea of global internet connectivity might seem plausible, astronomers - and specifically stargazers - have raised the flag on how this light pollution could ruin the night sky and possible ways to mitigate, if any, the effects.
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I wonder if in the future our night sky will be 100% artificial
Let's see.
The shittier they can make reality, the more alluring a "metaverse" will seem. That way we can slave away in vr for chuck e cheese tokens while they earn trillions and purchase planets.
What a tragic idea.
ask a flat-Earther...
Just as Earth based telescopes are getting so much more sophisticated... 🙄
We'll get through these problems. We just need to address them.
@@Cosmoknowledge astronomers may work around it, but aren't they ruining the night sky for humans who ought to be able to see stars all the time?
@@AudreysKitchen just saw a starlink train for the first time over Eugene Oregon. Every summer I try and learn some more stars and constellations as an amateur stargazer. Light pollution from the ground is bad enough but having this huge string of satellites fly past me just really f**** up the mood.
I watched a near count of over fifty, S.W. to N.E., 2021, above California.
Other than being in a straight line, some slowed down, and others did
some unusual....maneuvers, in the line. About a full two minutes.
Wow!
That question is like saying wildfires might be bad for the environment 🙄
Well... 😄
Seems ironic to call themselves a space exploration company while simultaneously laying a minefield of satellites in LEO
We live, we do, we learn.
How do you make these videos? They are so amazing, good job.
By holding a pen with their feet.
So we're talking 30,000 satellites in total for Starlink? 0_o
I guess.
YES!
😄
So Global Internet Might become a Posibility after all
"You'll own nothing and you'll be happy."
*I think internet should be free over all the world.* They should think about that.
I agree.
@@Cosmoknowledge Is there a project or any plan for internet that we can get from the space without cables?
@@Khaledf Yes! If not Starlink, then Viasat.
@@Cosmoknowledge Is it going to be free though?
If they turned off the headlights the problem would disappear
😄
I love an "OUT" to the monopoly the local only ISP has out here ... is star link only for the 3rd world? and isn't it free how you gonna meter that?
Sattelite internet exists now and it’s metered.
wow so cool one person can ruin the sky for the rest of the world
Not really as these satellites are very tiny compared to the whole sky. And then don't forget that these satellites have actually saved people in places of war.
@@Cosmoknowledge good luck
Agreed it's so wrong for one person to have THAT kind of power. Politically and economically it should not be allowed.
Starlink is possibly good and at the same time worst idea
Well, it's not the best one, even though they are trying to mitigate it.
It won't ruin it for long. You need 14k satellites which only maintain LEO for 3-5 years. It costs $50m to launch 60 so you have to be continuously launching and there's a high failure rate. The core inter-sat comms tech isn't even developed. They have very narrow bandwidth, 2/3 are over the oceans and the majority of what's left isn't in a place that can pay the $1,000 a year subscription. So, billions in running costs for an expensive, poor service that can cater to very few customers. It'll go bust after burning through billions, it's just a very silly idea. It's going to go the way of solar rooftiles and the hyperloop; unviable nonsense.
The rate of failure isn’t high. SpaceX has launched over a 100 rockets with less than 5 failing. Starship will also lower the cost of launches and launch more at a time
It's actually $1200 a year or $100 monthly and that's after the $500-$1000 setup kit cost.
@@hydromic2518 Well, I think most business leaders would consider 5% breakage very significant but I'll grant that going to zero breakage won't save the business. Also, sure costs will lower over time. So putting the 1,400 satellites into orbit costs around 12bn, manufacturing, paying for internet, marketing, etc, let's say $15bn. So, $3bn a year in costs. Let's be super generous and say they get that down to $2bn a year. I don't think that's remotely realistic but let's go with that.
So, a $1,000 a pop per customer breakeven comes with 2m subscribers. Can the system handle that bandwidth? No, no it can't.
It's funny, I remember seeing this about most of his successful ventures.
@@TheSCPStudio Ventures plural? The only successful business he started was spacex. Although the financials are secret so we don't know if the firm is currently profitable and the outlook with starlink is bleak. Otherwise the MO is wresting control of an existing successful business like with PayPal where he didn't contribute at all or with Tesla. Fair play, he's very good at that.
Actual ventures like hyperloop stand zero chance of being a success and others like solar tiles have already failed. Mars very obviously isn't happening and using rockets as intercity transportation is silly.
Honestly, maybe there is a second venture I'm missing, let me know if so.
Why does it need so many satellites? Couldn't they get by with a few hundred?
Its goal is to provide internet for literally everyone on Earth, even the remote areas.
Hmmmmmm !!!!
I know!
Starlink will do a lot more than offer internet connectivity 🙃
Well, that's Starlink's main job.
Yep, wait and see
here's an idea. just turn off the lights
It's reflected
They reflect light. But they have applied anti reflecting dark coating to them, which is better, but not perfect.
@@Cosmoknowledge They overheated when the reflective layer was removed and failed.
Launch Muskkk up to them... THAT will dim them out real quick.
"My satellites are helping millions of economically disadvantage people..."
"...never mind the BILLION$ of advantages that I gain from the work of my employees labors.