SpaceX Submits Paperwork for 30,000 More Starlink Satellites

October 16th, 2019

42,000 satellites in low Earth orbit…

Is anyone besides me wondering if there is some other purpose here besides fast Internet access?

Via: SpaceNews:

SpaceX has asked the International Telecommunication Union to arrange spectrum for 30,000 additional Starlink satellites.

SpaceX, which is already planning the world’s largest low-Earth-orbit broadband constellation by far, filed paperwork in recent weeks for up to 30,000 additional Starlink satellites on top of the 12,000 already approved by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.

The FCC, on SpaceX’s behalf, submitted 20 filings to the ITU for 1,500 satellites apiece in various low Earth orbits, an ITU official confirmed Oct. 15 to SpaceNews.

SpaceX deployed its first 60 Starlink satellites in May and plans to launch hundreds — potentially over a thousand — more in the year ahead.

The ITU, a United Nations entity, coordinates spectrum at the international level for satellite operators to prevent signal interference and spectrum hogging. National regulators submit filing on behalf of their country’s satellite operators.

9 Responses to “SpaceX Submits Paperwork for 30,000 More Starlink Satellites”

  1. Dennis says:

    Elon making a play for global telecom? Might include private network services. What about using GPS interlinks to set up co-ordinated driverless electric vehicle operation in cities?

    Sometimes I’ve wondered about Revelation 6:13: how can stars fall from the sky? Meteorite storms are the obvious answer but with all the satellites they plan on strewing literally around the planet, I’ve begun to wonder…

    “SpaceX is designing its satellites to burn up completely during atmospheric re-entry in order to prevent physical harm from falling objects.”

    https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/10/spacex-might-launch-another-30000-broadband-satellites-for-42000-total/

  2. Kevin says:

    People have speculated that there will be some sort of application with Tesla vehicles. At this time, all we know about the antenna is that it’s about 20 inches long.

    These are phased array systems. I wonder, how much power could be directed to a point on the ground by all the satellites in line of sight from that point?

    In other words, Low Orbit Active Denial System?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzG4oEutPbA

  3. pookie says:

    Hear it from the man himself:

    “Elon Musk, Neuralink, Starlink, 5G, and the New World Order”:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzNjGpW5YHA

    Better read up on your overlord SERCO:

    https://gangstalkingmindcontrolcults.com/whos-behind-the-5g-cull-of-humanity/

  4. Dennis says:

    @Kevin.
    Yes, I’d wondered about whether there was any potential for the 5G ground transmitter infrastructure, especially with its beamforming to be used like the ADS.

    @Pookie.
    Thanks heaps for those links.

  5. dt says:

    Anti-ballistic missile defense? It is notoriously hard to discriminate real from decoy targets. A dense network of satellites using laser interferometry could detect the gravity anomaly due to real (heavy) warheads. The principle was tested with the GRACE satellites.

  6. Dennis says:

    Muy interesante, dt.

  7. dt says:

    @Dennis – er, sorry, wasn’t sleeping well last night. With 30,000 satellites, I reckon our mesh would still have at least 60km gaps between nodes. At the half-way mark, 30km, acceleration due to a 10 tonne warhead is ~ 8E-16 m/s/s acceleration (utterly tiny). Let’s very generously say the projectile is in range for 50 seconds (would be much less at ICBM speeds). With acceleration*time*time that gives a displacement of 2E-13 meters due to the gravitational anomaly. Apparently satellite laser interferometry is good down to about a micrometer. So, conservatively, I’m about seven orders of magnitude off this being practical. Pity, I thought it sounded super-awesome.

  8. Dennis says:

    It sounded like an awesome theory to me too, dt, but you’ve obviously done quite a few more physics classes than I. Suapect the early warning aspect of your idea still stands strong though.

  9. Dennis says:

    *Suspect. Sigh. 2nd time today.

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