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Starlink is both a successful commercial service making money hand over fist and a vital strategic asset for the United States. Put simply its one of the most t
by ls612 1y ago
Starlink is both a successful commercial service making money hand over fist and a vital strategic asset for the United States. Put simply its one of the most transformative infrastructure projects of the 21st century. SpaceX found a winner and is doubling down on it I don't blame them.
- ethbr1 1y agoJust wait until the US' low orbit sensing/networking satellite cloud is fully deployed (with radar, GMTI, AMTI). That's the vital strategic asset, because suddenly the US will have ASAT-tolerant space sensing capability (by virtue of decentralization and numbers) while other countries will still have exquisite assets. Starlink is interesting, but the above is a game changer at the level of when the Key Holes were launched or the GPS constellation was completed.
- ls612 1y agoThe Ukraine War has already proven that Starlink as it exists today in civilian form is already a game changer. If sensor satellites could make a constellation that was over target 100% of the time and could track a ship to support a missile lock (not sure if this is possible with the constellations being built today but it sure isn’t possible with a old style system like the yaogan) then that would be transformative for a Pacific War scenario.
- ethbr1 1y agoThat's essentially the goal: weapon targeting quality tracks, across 100% of the planet, 100% of the time. (Albeit probably with limited simultaneous tracks)