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> SpaceX has said it will offer speeds of up to a gigabit per second, with latencies between 25ms and 35ms. Those latencies would make SpaceX's service comparab

> SpaceX has said it will offer speeds of up to a gigabit per second, with latencies between 25ms and 35ms. Those latencies would make SpaceX's service comparable to cable and fiber. > The FCC proposal would require SpaceX to launch 50 percent of these satellites within six years and the rest within an additional three years. Well, the long term future looks promising.

ryanmercer 8y ago
>Well, the long term future looks promising. Unless of course Kessler effect.
- ilove_banh_mi 8y ago
  Do you believe nobody at SpaceX, or their direct competitors, has thought about it?
  - ryanmercer 8y ago
    >Do you believe nobody at SpaceX, or their direct competitors, has thought about it? It doesn't matter if they've thought about it. You can think all you want about something but ole Private Murphy operates in the real world not on paper when he sets about mucking stuff up. They're talking about launching 11,925 satellites. That's nearly 10 times the current number of orbiting satellites.
    - ilove_banh_mi 8y ago
      This is not a rational fear. There are at any time an average of 10,000 planes in the sky, carrying 1m+ passengers. These 12,000 satellites will each have more space available and very regular trajectories, without ever converging on major nodes. One should note that your opening statement is that "It doesn't matter if they've thought about it." This is not how innovation, manufacturing, maintenance, and risk management work.
      - ryanmercer 8y ago
        >This is not a rational fear. There are at any time an average of 10,000 planes in the sky Planes don't have flecks of paint, screws, etc flying by them at 28,000 kilometers per hour with the ability for one impact to send debris going dozens of directions.
- foxyv 8y ago
  These are low orbits that degrade quickly without maintenance. Kessler Syndrome will not be a problem because the atmosphere will slowly eat everything. That's how they get the low 50ms ping. Geostationary orbit where Kessler may theoretically become a problem in the future is 240ms round trip for light.
  - ryanmercer 8y ago
    >These are low orbits that degrade quickly without maintenance With, if I'm not mistaken, other satellites already in that general area. The Kessler effect doesn't have to persist for years or centuries, a single failure can easily cascade and take out most, if not all, satellites occupying that general space before the debris deorbits. Unless he's changed the figure, he intends to put 11,925 satellites into orbit for the network in low earth orbit, there are currently about 15,000 cataloged objects in that orbit (including debris). It isn't a certainty but it's still a risk.

ryanmercer 8y ago

>Well, the long term future looks promising. Unless of course Kessler effect.

ilove_banh_mi 8y ago
Do you believe nobody at SpaceX, or their direct competitors, has thought about it?
- ryanmercer 8y ago
  >Do you believe nobody at SpaceX, or their direct competitors, has thought about it? It doesn't matter if they've thought about it. You can think all you want about something but ole Private Murphy operates in the real world not on paper when he sets about mucking stuff up. They're talking about launching 11,925 satellites. That's nearly 10 times the current number of orbiting satellites.
  - ilove_banh_mi 8y ago
    This is not a rational fear. There are at any time an average of 10,000 planes in the sky, carrying 1m+ passengers. These 12,000 satellites will each have more space available and very regular trajectories, without ever converging on major nodes. One should note that your opening statement is that "It doesn't matter if they've thought about it." This is not how innovation, manufacturing, maintenance, and risk management work.
    - ryanmercer 8y ago
      >This is not a rational fear. There are at any time an average of 10,000 planes in the sky Planes don't have flecks of paint, screws, etc flying by them at 28,000 kilometers per hour with the ability for one impact to send debris going dozens of directions.
foxyv 8y ago
These are low orbits that degrade quickly without maintenance. Kessler Syndrome will not be a problem because the atmosphere will slowly eat everything. That's how they get the low 50ms ping. Geostationary orbit where Kessler may theoretically become a problem in the future is 240ms round trip for light.
- ryanmercer 8y ago
  >These are low orbits that degrade quickly without maintenance With, if I'm not mistaken, other satellites already in that general area. The Kessler effect doesn't have to persist for years or centuries, a single failure can easily cascade and take out most, if not all, satellites occupying that general space before the debris deorbits. Unless he's changed the figure, he intends to put 11,925 satellites into orbit for the network in low earth orbit, there are currently about 15,000 cataloged objects in that orbit (including debris). It isn't a certainty but it's still a risk.