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SpaceX and other space stuff

#163
fig said:
Launch tomorrow, 14 Mar, at 9:42am Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) (13:42 UTC) from Florida. Barge landing and fairing recoveries expected.

5th deployment of Starlink satellites, 60 of 'em.
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Getting there... ...I've lost track, I think 5 more batches (or so) and they can start offering service in the continental USA. I'm signing up as soon as I can! (I despise my cable provider.)
 
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#164
bholder said:
Getting there... ...I've lost track, I think 5 more batches (or so) and they can start offering service in the continental USA. I'm signing up as soon as I can! (I despise my cable provider.)
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I want to try it too, but I'm curious what the device I'll need to have is going to look like, and where it needs to be placed.
Musk described it as a "thin, flat, round UFO on a stick.”

-Mike
 
#165
MJ5150 said:
I want to try it too, but I'm curious what the device I'll need to have is going to look like, and where it needs to be placed.
Musk described it as a "thin, flat, round UFO on a stick.”

-Mike
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Saw a clip of him recently where he said there were only two steps to install it, and they can be performed in either order:
  • Plug it in
  • Point it at the sky
It's apparently designed to do the rest itself (including optimal alignment).
 
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#166
bholder said:
Saw a clip of him recently where he said there were only two steps to install it, and they can be performed in either order:
  • Plug it in
  • Point it at the sky
It's apparently designed to do the rest itself (including optimal alignment).
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The stick is also fitted with “motors to self-adjust optimal angle to view sky.”
We live in a tiny home in the woods, so depending on what it requires may decide if we sign up.
Television reception via antenna is not great where we live, but since this is a different technology, we're hopeful.

-Mike
 
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#167
MJ5150 said:
The stick is also fitted with “motors to self-adjust optimal angle to view sky.”
We live in a tiny home in the woods, so depending on what it requires may decide if we sign up.
Television reception via antenna is not great where we live, but since this is a different technology, we're hopeful.

-Mike
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Should be better / easier than current standard satellite providers, which all use equatorial geosynch satellites, so need to be able to point south (or north for Aussies and such) - with Starlink, the LEO satellites should be going nearly directly overhead fairly frequently. Makes me wonder if the antenna moves dynamically to track whatever satellite's within view?
 
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#178
Hey @bholder. Thank you for rekindling my fascination with space exploration.
I appreciate this thread and am stoked for this afternoon.
I'm also really scared/nervous for the astronauts. Part of me is afraid to watch.

-Mike
 
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#179
MJ5150 said:
Hey @bholder. Thank you for rekindling my fascination with space exploration.
I appreciate this thread and am stoked for this afternoon.
I'm also really scared/nervous for the astronauts. Part of me is afraid to watch.

-Mike
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Me too. I'm sure hoping they don't have to use any of the several redundant safety features - glad they're there, of course, but best left unused (though that capsule escape system would be a heckuva thrill ride!). :thumbsup:
 
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