Posted on 01/16/2021 10:31:40 AM PST by BenLurkin
Elon Musk’s ambitious StarLink programme—which envisions a network of satellites beaming internet to every point on earth—challenges this ability of the Russian state to self-isolate its internet at demand. With over 900 satellites already in orbit, StarLink conducted a beta test of its ability to beam internet terrestrially in October last year.
Now, Russia is mulling a fine on citizens who dare to use Musk’s space-beamed internet, as the national Duma view it as a threat to national security, according to a report published in the Russian edition of Popular Mechanics. The fines could range from $135-405 for ordinary users, and go up to $13,500 for legal entities who use Western satellite services to bypass the country’s System of Operational Search Measures. By Russian law, all Russian internet traffic must pass through a Russian communications provider. With non-Russian satellite constellations like StarLink, OneWeb likely to bypass this, the idea is to fine citizens or legal entities who try to use such services.
Russia had also earlier complained about StarLink’s satellite network being “too bright” in the night sky. After similar complaints from astronomers the world, SpaceX started sending satellites with anti-reflective coatings, and even some with a visor that makes it near-invisible to the naked eye.
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Awesome. ATT had phased out a ‘tunnel’ system I had wanted to buy. It also negated the need for cell towers.
I kept wondering why. But a satellite net makes a LOT of sense. Far more efficient than tower networks. My cell tower keeps malfunctioning multiple times a year. The maintenance cost must be pretty high. Lame signal too.
And a tunnel (ferentol? I forget the name) is a lot bulkier than a phone.
Those astronomers ought to be very low on the priority list. Good grief!
I wonder if he is a Trump supporter?
The Russians are probably not wrong to have this policy. If they do not have the power to isolate, that puts them at the mercy of the Washington DC/Silicon Valley axis.
And at this point, I think they are correct to conduct packet inspection and block homo and color revolution propaganda we are inflicting on them.
I wish them well.
Here’s some more info on what your said your nephew was working on.
Vera C. Rubin Observatory – Impact of Satellite Constellations
Executive Summary
•Simulations of the Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) observing cadence and the full 42,000 SpaceX satellite constellation show that as many as 30% of all LSST images would contain at least one satellite trail.
•Nearly every LSST image taken during twilight would be affected by at least one satellite trail.
•Measurements of the brightness of the current LEO satellites indicate that trails would cause residual artifacts in the reduced data, if no mitigations are made.
•SpaceX is on track to darken their Starlink satellites to 7th mag, which would enable removal of artifacts in LSST images.
•The bright main satellite trail would still be present, potentially creating systematics at low surface brightness.
This is a challenge for science data analysis, adding significant effort.
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory science community is concerned about the increasing deployment of communications satellite constellations which, if unchecked, could jeopardize the discoveries anticipated from Rubin Observatory when science operations begin in 2022. Because Rubin Observatory is uniquely impacted by these satellite constellations, its science team is taking an active role in pursuing mitigation strategies to reduce the impact of the satellites on Rubin Observatory science.
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Latency is less than 40ms, plenty good enough for voip.
Remember when compared to other nations we used to occupy the moral high ground when it came to human rights and freedoms? Good times, I look back on them fondly.
I saw an article a couple of weeks ago that was estimating the cost to be about $500 for equipment and $70 or $100 per month for service, depending on the selected Mbps.
If/when it might be available, I would consider it. I would love to drop the cable company completely. The current alternatives are 2 to 3 times more expensive than cable TV/Internet.
Where id the ‘havoc’?
Musk should implement an ARPANET type model for social media. Same as the original purpose, i.e. Soviets can’t just hit one central location, and it all goes down. Instead, lots of seperate nodes that can still operate. The problem with almost all of the current frameworks is if the “main site” gets taken out, all the subscribers/clients are DEAD. This would provide survivability from Stalinist Tech OverLoads, corrupt political hack state officials, et. al.
Pothead conspiracy theorists say, “It’s those Yankee imperialist pigs, always wanting to talk for making trouble!” Democrats secretly agree.
He should have put a telescope on the backside of them so we could look at the stars with our computers 24/7/365. Kind of like google earth but looking outwards in real time.
Okay.
Havoc is to strong of a word. Maybe replace it with 'disrupting.'
I’m in hill country and cell service is about useless here. With Starnet, everyone could have a sat phone that would work everywhere.
Only 300 ir so miles up, not an issue
Wait until Musk launches his orbiting server farms :)
They’re not in geo-sync for one. A lot closer to earth
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