I recently got quite some flak for discussing what #Starlink satellites burning up in the atmosphere after their planned lifetime of 6 years could do to the stratosphere. Adding tons of aluminium and other elements as fine aerosol particles. Well. New research has just been published:
#Space#Muskrat launch at 9:09pm PDT. Err. I mean, #SpaceX -- #Vandenberg AFB. More #Starlink satellites (meaning either better Internet or more junk flying around blocking your view of space, depending on who you are). These were more enjoyable before the dude running that company revealed his true nature. #SantaBarbara
Elon Musk is a sorry shit, but I’m kinda grateful to him for reminding everyone that critical infrastructure has to be managed by states rather than private companies.
While we are talking about Musk and Starlink, let's discuss the Kessler Syndrome.
Some evening not too long from now you may look up, and instead of the stars and a few Starlink satellite trains marching along, you might see a night sky filled with brilliant sparkles. You check the news and learn the International Space Station has been destroyed as well humanity's weather and other Earth observation satellites. What's happened?
Good piece in the NY Times about Elon Musk’s #Starlink but it only lightly mentions WHY he is in this dominant position - #SpaceX is the only one reliably launching rockets at scale into #LEO right now!
United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Vulcan Centaur is repeatedly delayed
Arianespace’s Ariane 6 has been delayed for years now
Neither may first launch until 2024, & then they have to grow to launch at the scale needed.
"Musk secretly ordered his engineers to turn off his company’s Starlink satellite communications network near the Crimean coast last year to disrupt a Ukrainian sneak attack on the Russian naval fleet, according to an excerpt adapted from Walter Isaacson’s new biography of the eccentric billionaire titled “Elon Musk.”As Ukrainian submarine drones strapped with explosives approached the Russian fleet, they “lost connectivity and washed ashore harmlessly,” https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/07/politics/elon-musk-biography-walter-isaacson-ukraine-starlink/index.html #Musk#Starlink
War ja schon immer eine große Frage, ob die Zielgruppe für #Starlink (geschweige denn die angekündigten Konkurrenten) überhaupt groß genug ist. Zweifel sind erlaubt.
Was meint ihr?
Starlink: Bei Nutzerzahl, Umsatz und Gewinn drastisch hinter dem Plan von #SpaceX
Der mit Starlink generierte #Umsatz hat laut einem Zeitungsbericht die Milliardenmarke überschritten. Laut SpaceX sollte der aber schon zehnmal so hoch sein.
"Almost all the satellites you can see with your eyes now are Starlinks. Nicely demonstrated in this awful/beautiful photo: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220614.html "
Thank you Prof. Lawler for continuing to remind the world of the catastrophe unfolding in low earth orbit.
Angst vor Atombombe: Musk persönlich ließ wohl Starlink um Krim deaktivieren
Als die Ukraine vor einem Jahr Russlands Schwarzmeerflotte angreifen wollte, hat Elon Musk persönlich das verhindert. Das macht jetzt ein Biograf öffentlich.
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#Billionaires plan to launch tens of thousands of new satellites. Experts are working hard to ensure this doesn't lead to a disaster that ends human access to orbit.
by Dave Mosher, Dec 27, 2019
"#SpaceX, #Amazon, #OneWeb, and reportedly even #Apple plan to collectively launch tens of thousands of internet-beaming #satellites over the next decade.
"SpaceX, founded by #ElonMusk, has the most ambitious plans with approval from the US government to launch nearly 12,000 of its #Starlink satellites — though it's seeking permission to launch a total of 42,000.
"Though Musk said Starlink satellites have collision-avoidance systems, one came relatively close to smashing into a European satellite in September [2019].
"The likelihood of satellite collisions and dangerous space debris will go up as more spacecraft are launched. Militaries that destroy satellites during tests or wars will make the problem even worse.
"Experts worry that debris orbiting Earth could lead to a '#KesslerSyndrome' domino effect that cuts off human access to #space for hundreds or even thousands of years."
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Les milliardaires techbros libertariens sont vraiment la plaie de l'humanité.
Les déchets volants de Musk pourrissent les images scientifiques de Hubble 😱
SpaceX's Starlink internet satellites 'leak' so much radiation that it's hurting radio astronomy, scientists say (www.space.com)
Starlink satellites can disturb observation even of those telescopes protected by radio-quiet zones.