Starlink is SpaceX’s answer to providing global, high-speed internet coverage using a network of thousands of satellites buzzing around the planet in a region known as low Earth orbit (LEO), about 342 miles above the Earth’s surface. SpaceX launched its first batch of Starlink satellites back in 2019, and since then, adoption of the service has ballooned. Starlink now has over 2 million active customers and is available on all 7 continents and in over 60 countries. Starlink has been praised for its ability to connect remote parts of the world that would otherwise not have access to reliable internet. The service has also become indispensable in areas hit by natural disasters, and, more recently, during times of war, particularly the Russia-Ukraine war. But Starlink’s growing influence is garnering condemnation from some who say that SpaceX CEO, Elon Musk is meddling in geopolitics, while the scientific community is raising alarms of the effect of thousands of satellites on radio and optical astronomy.
Chapters:
00:00 – 03:03 Intro
03:03 – 06:36 Behind Starlink’s growth
06:36 – 10:33 Starlink and geopolitics
10:33 – 15:35 Scientific concerns
15:35 – 18:38 Future
Produced and Edited by: Magdalena Petrova
Animation: Mallory Brangan
Supervising Producer: Jeniece Pettitt
Editorial Support: Michael Sheetz
Additional Footage: Getty Images
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How Elon Musk’s Starlink Is Bringing In Billions For SpaceX
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they will soon be more satillites than stars
Who cares about astronomers looking at the stars LOL
Their Giving Elon the Keys To the World 🤦🏾♂️.
Takes alot of helium to keep that system running. Ask NASA about it. They are the largest helium consumer in the world.
Much like Tesla, SpaceX would be bankrupt if not for government handouts.
In a gully behind a hill in the bush. 300 kilometres from the city. Two hours on unsealed roads. Flooded in winter, on fire in summer. Netflix!
Wow already break even.. profit incoming next year
False travel
One person on the planet being killed every two years from falling debris… but the numbers of the opioid epidemic… that worry is insane.
The government's report is flawed and their assessment isn't logical because it's based on a maybe not a actual case where something has already happened.
This was a very great act of reporting. And the juxtaposition of how the left fears Elon for X, but how he is maintaining connectivity for the Ukraine but also didnt allow it to be used for attack.. Elon is a visionary and is for equality. The way he is portrayed is nuts. I am not a right winger. I am a no winger. I take reality as it comes. I dont see how folks can call this man a bad force.
My 10-year-old son wants to work for SpaceX or NASA.
Too bad Musk is a literal Nazi. Nice advertisement for his product.
Seen this movie before
Does anyone else notice how ALL of these comments look like they're following a script? Some of these even look like bot accounts.
Although it is a great way to get internet in rural locations like the one I am in now In Australia, I do have concerns about the future like space observatories that cannot detect hazardous comets anymore, falling debris, future space flights that cannot fly through the satellite shield around the earth, pollution, etc etc.
Bringing in billions? It's losing money. LOL
And his haters said he became poor by buying Twitter.😂
Every person present on this video has no soul. Why do I sense this? Please someone who works for this news company Or comparable company answer me honestly.
Bragging up an anti semite is low.
ELON PLEASE PUT ALL THESE C0MPANIES OUT OF INTERNET COMAPNIES OUT BUSINESS WITH STARLINK , BING IT BACK TO 40$ month .
It is a great invention, but be careful, Musk will spy on ya hey!
Bro monkeys in the jungle gonna have internet!
When this goes public, musk will gain the #1 spot by a huge margin.. that's cray
Pay
Kalifornia fi leak point i.p.
Just wait for him to start offering VOIP to the world using their current smartphone. You're Starlink phone bill will probably be around $25/month.
And then local electric bill raise as transformer president fraud mouth use
Robot staff
Energy waves
Money vs Personal say…fi god vs? Sure?
ANYWAYS BITCOIN ME
Ghetto job lol typed
Starlink has completely astonished me. I believed the Arthur Clark model, where 3 satellites in geostationary orbits (22,000 miles above the earth) covered everything. GPS satellites work pretty much like this.
Space x is amazing
#SpaceX there doing an amazing job hell of job Elon! Keep it up buddy 🎉🎉
This is crazy, how can a private company decide about space exploration.. who will take responsibility if something goes wrong.. it’s one thing to do on earth but space is also occupied by private companies now.. it’s death of democracy
Very informative. Thanks 😊
I guess I will be captain obvious here. since most people here are helping with advertisement and nobody is stating the obvious that it's ridiculously expensive. i will reserve my appreciative comment till the services is affordable to average people.
How can scientists argue about the potential issues with having a large number of satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO) when the available space in the LEO orbit is vast, encompassing a volume of 440 trillion cubic kilometers?
“Never meant to be weaponized” 😂😂😂 check Trumps speech on the biometric tracking system on land air and see introduced through objective number 8 through immigration in 2016. Been warning since, just watch……
Лучше не бывает. Не зря потратил время
no other company will be successful because Starlink will be the cheapest and best
Can he just stop. One day the sun will be blocked
Informative, balanced and avoided sensationalism. Great report!. Informative, balanced and avoided sensationalism. Great report!.
omg, like elon musk is such a gigantic figure,.. no where more than his own mind.
What are the chances that 100 000 satellites could shade and mitigate climate change? 🤔 😅
15:33 This has me thinking there may be something to all the North Pole conspiracies.