At the pole the maximum elevation of a Starlink sat should be 31.7°.How long an individual satellite will be above the horizon or above 25° is too big a calculation for my envelope*, but at the very least there will be frequent intermittent communications suitable for email and transferring files.*Truthfully, it fit on the envelope, but got an obviously wrong answer.
BREAKING: @SpaceX launches high-performance Starlink dish for residential users.• Starts at $2,500• Service plan cost is the same at $110/month• Improved weather resistance. High performance is rated IP56, or resistant to water jets. Standard is rated IP54.• Better performance in hot weather. Download speeds are typically 3x better at > 35°C (95°F)• Better performance in the snow: 1.7x better snow melt capability (Inches/hour).• Better visibility of satellites. High performance can see 35% more sky.https://www.pcmag.com/news/starlink-now-selling-pricey-high-performance-dish-to-residential-users
Frontier Airlines “recently” held discussions with SpaceX about adding its Starlink satellite internet service to its planes and is more hopeful about adding such a product than in previous years, the carrier’s CEO told CNBC on Thursday.Adding Starlink’s Wi-Fi would be a departure for the budget carrier, which doesn’t currently offer inflight internet service. CEO Barry Biffle says skipping Wi-Fi for now allows the airline to be more “green” because it limits weight on board.
With SpaceX’s help, Microsoft is taking the next step toward merging cloud computing with available-anywhere satellite connectivity.Today Microsoft announced the start of a private preview for Azure Orbital Cloud Access, which lets users link up with the cloud in a single hop from virtually anywhere via SpaceX’s Starlink satellite constellation.For now, the preview is limited to Microsoft Azure’s government customers. But Jason Zander, executive vice president of Microsoft strategic missions and technologies, said “we are currently working toward general availability and commercial expansion.”
Microsoft Azure ramps up access to cloud computing via SpaceX’s Starlink satellitesQuote from: geekwire.comWith SpaceX’s help, Microsoft is taking the next step toward merging cloud computing with available-anywhere satellite connectivity.Today Microsoft announced the start of a private preview for Azure Orbital Cloud Access, which lets users link up with the cloud in a single hop from virtually anywhere via SpaceX’s Starlink satellite constellation.For now, the preview is limited to Microsoft Azure’s government customers. But Jason Zander, executive vice president of Microsoft strategic missions and technologies, said “we are currently working toward general availability and commercial expansion.”
KT Sat is talking to SpaceX’s Starlink and others developing low Earth orbit (LEO) broadband constellations to add capacity in Asia.<snip>Starlink is exploring “the opportunity to work with partners around the globe,” said Jonathan Hofeller, vice president of Starlink commercial sales at SpaceX, said Sept. 13.“Between now and the end of the year, that’s something that I’m personally trying to drive,” he said, “and figuring out how we can impact more people.”
just sad it's not available for 70% of Canada
It will be later this year when laser links activate on polar constellation
Our President's engagement with the team from @SpaceX and their Starlink initiative will escalate Zambia's position in the digital economy and enable universal access to Internet and other technologies. Grateful for this initiative from visionary entrepreneur @elonmusk.
Looking forward to providing Starlink service to the people of Zambia!
SpaceX plans to bring Starlink internet to students on school buses in the U.S., according to a new filing with the Federal Communications Commission.The space exploration company is collaborating with several school districts for pilot projects in rural areas of the country to support students who have to travel on long bus routes. This gives students internet access while on those long rides.SpaceX is focusing on school bus routes that are over an hour long each way and are also predominantly inaccessible to other mobile broadband services. In a letter addressed to FCC Secretary Marlene Dortch, SpaceX expressed its support for the agency’s efforts to fund the Schools and Libraries Universal Service Support Mechanism (E-Rate program) connecting millions of students who don’t have access to broadband internet.
Maritime connectivity specialist Marlink will offer Starlink to its customers as SpaceX’s broadband service turns to partners to expand beyond the consumer market.Marlink and OmniAccess, its division focusing on high-end superyachts and boutique cruise lines, said Sept. 22 they have become “authorized Starlink integrators” for maritime and enterprise customers.The agreement combines connectivity from Starlink’s low Earth orbit constellation with terrestrial networks and capacity the service providers lease from commercial satellites in geostationary orbit.
Starlink connecting schools in the Amazon
More students in rural Virginia with limited or no internet access will soon be able to browse the web using SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet service through a $233,000 grant from The Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority (VCEDA).The funds, which came from VCEDA’s Education and Telehealth Access Fund and was matched with $155,000 from Wise County, will allow 94 students to receive Starlink service.This now brings the total number of households with supported Starlink service to 274, and the number of students with Starlink to 438. Previously the Appalachian Council for Innovation received a grant to provide Starlink to 340 students in Wise County.
Starlink launches service in Japan - first country in Asia
Elon Musk’s Starlink granted licence to offer Internet services in JamaicaThe Ministry of Science and Technology is reporting that a licence has been approved for American billionaire Elon Musk's company Starlink to offer Internet services via satellite technology in Jamaica....
Starlink for RVs now has over 100,000 customers! Access high-speed, low-latency internet on an as-needed basis anywhere Starlink provides active coverage → starlink.com/rv
We might need a different name, as this is basically just Starlink with roaming capability, so you can take your terminal anywhere.
Japanese telecommunications company KDDI signed an agreement with SpaceX to become an "authorized Starlink integrator" and offer service to "enterprise and civil government customers:"https://news.kddi.com/kddi/corporate/english/newsrelease/2022/10/12/6285.html
Starlink is deepening its foothold in Japan as SpaceX’s satellite broadband service looks to expand elsewhere in Asia, which will be critical for generating much-needed revenues.Japanese telco KDDI announced a deal Oct. 12 to resell Starlink to its enterprise and civil government customers this year — days after SpaceX said it had launched its first services in Asia through Japan.Starlink is currently available around Tokyo and a part of the country extending north of the megalopolis, according to its availability map. The company expects to make the service available elsewhere in Japan before the end of this year.
