How the constellation of Starlink satellites, Elon Musk’s company, works

Elon Muskwho acquired the social network last year X (formerly Twitter)is also the creator of the aerospace company SpaceX. In addition to space travel, this company has launched a group of satellites that together form the Internet system star link.

This constellation of satellites, as the Starlink group is known, it first launched in May 2019 with 60 units on the SpaceX rocket, Falcon 9.

More than four years later, the number of satellites in orbit has expanded to 4,000. And Musk has made it clear that he hopes to eventually have about 42,000 satellites in space.

Starlink has allocated 15 of its 4,200 satellites for broadband service exclusively for Ecuador

The Starlink system, according to SpaceX, offers internet with download speeds between 25 and 220 Mbps and most users report speeds in excess of 100 Mbps, as well as upload speeds between 5 Mbps and 20 Mbps, ideal speeds for Internet activities such as gaming and streaming.

These devices consist of solar panels and propulsion systems powered by krypton. Plus, they have a sensor that does that detects dirt to avoid a collision with them.

These nanosatellites are in low Earth orbit, making the connection much faster. To transmit their signal, they need the propagation of electromagnetic waves.

One of the advantages of using satellites is that the construction of infrastructure is avoided.such as cables or towers.

In May of this year, the company reported that it had done so 1.5 million users in 48 states of the United States and in the 55 countries where the service is available. The price of the Starlink system remains $599 for the equipment, plus a monthly fee of $110.

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However, SpaceX has stated that its goal is to provide internet in remote areas that other providers cannot reach.

In the war in Ukrainewhich has been battling Russia for over a year, has provided Starlink kits to Ukrainians to help fight cyberattacks that disrupted internet connections.

Internet service is also present in the Amazon, as described in a Starlink publication in X. (JO)

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