Elon Musk’s SpaceX wins FCC approval to put 7,000 Starlink Internet satellites into orbit

"Washington emergency responders first to use SpaceX’s Starlink internet in the field: ‘It’s amazing’

Washington’s state military, which includes its emergency response division, began using Starlink user terminals in early August to bring internet service to areas devastated by wildfires...

'“I have never set up any tactical satellite equipment that has been as quick to set up, and anywhere near as reliable' as Starlink, Richard Hall, the emergency telecommunications leader of the Washington State Military Department’s IT division, told CNBC in an interview Monday..."

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/29/was...s-use-spacex-starlink-satellite-internet.html

 

Watch Falcon 9 deploy 60 Starlink satellites:

At: 1:14:00

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1313438594040655873

 

SpaceX launches 60 Starlink satellites, lands rocket at sea in 2nd flight this week
October 24, 2020
https://www.space.com/spacex-launches-60-starlink-15-satellites

 

SpaceX Starlink Internet Approved to Operate in Canada
November 6, 2020
https://www.iphoneincanada.ca/tesla/spacex-starlink-internet-approved-to-operate-in-canada/

 

This is absolute garbage compared to wired internet

 

This isnt meant to be a replacement for high speed fiber-optic connections, the audience is people living in rural or remote areas that usually only has satellite or very old slow DSL connections with datacap (like Hughesnet) available

For such audience, what is Starlink is providing is simple transformative, it is literally changing their lives.

Reference:
https://www.fastcompany.com/90599392/spacex-starlink-satellite-internet-reviews-elon-musk

https://youtu.be/igtN49I1CtM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzXZdipxCuw

 

Yeah I got so hyped like, OMG SATELLITES THEY ARE IN THE ATMOSPHERE OMGGGGG then I read a bit about it and realized it's only for people who have little or no choice xD

 

Even in this "better than nothing beta" state it is still pretty good according to users, you can even game on it considering that latency is usually lower than 50ms and downloads speeds are decent, averaging 120 ~ 150 mb.

Starlink end goals (for now) is to provide 10 gbps downlink for its users with less than 30ms latency, as more satellites are sent it is expected to have at least 1 gbps downlink and this should happen "soon".

All in all this technology is very promising, it has the potential to change many people lives for the better.