Why SpaceX is Making Starlink
What it is
Real Engineering explains why SpaceX is building Starlink, including the economics of satellite internet. It covers the latency advantage of light in vacuum over fiber for long-distance links.
Why Hacker News recommends it
Recommended as a clear explanation of Starlink's purpose and the case that it can beat fiber on latency for long routes.
- 4 people recommended it
- 4 different months
- 0 strong recommendations
- first 2019, last 2020
What HN commenters said
“I recommend watching. The channel does really good explanations.”
Good explanation of Starlink's purpose
Nican, 2019-07 · Recommendation · in “Amazon Seeks Permission to Launch 3k Internet Satellites”
“Real Engineering has an interesting video on why it would be useful for firms trading internationally”
Why Starlink matters for international trading firms
bearcobra, 2019-10 · Recommendation · in “Elon Musk tweets using SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet”
“the whole video is worth watching”
Explains light speed slower in fiber than vacuum
PopeDotNinja, 2020-08 · Recommendation · in “SpaceX Starlink average speedtest is 42.3Mbps down / 9.7 Mbps up”
“It also does a much better job of explaining it than I have”
Explains why Starlink is useful and why traders would pay for it
hangonhn, 2020-09 · Recommendation · in “Amazon drivers are hanging smartphones in trees to get more work”
Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.
Topics: starlink, spacex, latency, satellite constellations, fiber
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