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SpaceX launches 60 more Starlink satellites and achieves a reusability record for a Falcon 9 booster
TechCrunch ^ | 6/3/20 | Darrell Etherington

Posted on 06/03/2020 6:48:55 PM PDT by Moonman62

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To: JD_UTDallas

I found a good article on Starlink

https://www.businessinsider.com/spacex-starlink-satellite-internet-how-it-works-2019-5#spacex-is-developing-starship-concurrently-in-texas-and-florida-musk-said-he-plans-to-present-new-details-about-the-system-next-month-44


41 posted on 06/07/2020 7:18:10 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 ("Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities." -- Voltaire)
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Thanks, I’m in the field alot and inmarsat bgan and iridium go internet are obscenely expensive per MB. Phone calls are .45_$1 a min depending on when and where. Email is per kb at $6+ MB and sms is 50c each both ways. I’m hoping starlink brings competition and lowers the cost ceiling.


42 posted on 06/07/2020 5:44:57 PM PDT by JD_UTDallas ("Veni Vidi Vici")
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article from a few hours ago

https://advanced-television.com/2020/06/08/spacex-starlink-live-in-next-few-months/

“SpaceX is poised to initiate consumer service this year across the United States using the 12 GHz Band,” SpaceX told the FCC.


43 posted on 06/08/2020 7:57:46 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 ("Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities." -- Voltaire)
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