{"id":12921,"date":"2021-03-16T21:13:38","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T21:13:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/igotoffer.com\/blog\/?p=12921"},"modified":"2023-11-16T05:39:40","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T05:39:40","slug":"starlink-breaking-the-speed-barriers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/igotoffer.com\/blog\/starlink-breaking-the-speed-barriers","title":{"rendered":"StarLink: Breaking the Speed Barriers"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Starlink Unboxing + Speed Test + Full Installation [Video]<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ytb\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe title=\"Starlink Unboxing + Speed Test + Full Installation\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h0Itx_TUOKA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Video uploaded by <a class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@brettbatie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brett Batie<\/a> on <strong class=\"watch-time-text\">November 8, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Breaking the (speed) barriers: from here to beyond the skies<\/h2>\n<p>OK, we know by now that words \u201cMusk\u201d and \u201cspace\u201d mean pretty much the same thing (well, not exactly, but close enough). We are aware of SpaceX\u2019s shuttles. We have noticed the StarLink, that worldwide cosmic Internet thingy that is already in operation at some areas and, moreover, at not exactly sky-high prices (sorry for \u2013 almost \u2013 unintentional pun), even though you can\u2019t honestly call $99 per month on top of initial $499 an overly affordable cost (then again, a cheap futuristic service for everyone would make us rather suspicious).<\/p>\n<p>But this? Simply put, those new plans by our man Elon \u2013 yes, again \u2013 are quite a leap even for him (especially if they will actually materialize). Suffice it to say that the latest info coming from his headquarters makes one wonder whether the actual communication through space is that much farther from reality than we thought at the Star Trek: TOS\u2019 times as we have come to (disappointedly) think.<\/p>\n<p>Because, according to the submission that SpaceX made to the US Federal Communications Commission, there are plans to extend the satellite system of aforesaid StarLink to virtually all types of transport in the Western world (yes, both US and Europe are to be covered), from trucks to air planes (trains included). And that\u2019s even before the driverless Tesla fleet will become a fixture on our street.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12926\" style=\"width: 830px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12926\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12926\" src=\"https:\/\/igotoffer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/starlink-breaking-the-speed-barriers-kit.jpg\" alt=\"The Starlink Kit includes: &quot;Dishy McFlatface&quot; which is a 19-inch dish phased-array antenna, a mounting tripod for the dish, and an oddly-shaped Wi-Fi router device.\" width=\"820\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/igotoffer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/starlink-breaking-the-speed-barriers-kit.jpg 820w, https:\/\/igotoffer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/starlink-breaking-the-speed-barriers-kit-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/igotoffer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/starlink-breaking-the-speed-barriers-kit-620x378.jpg 620w, https:\/\/igotoffer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/starlink-breaking-the-speed-barriers-kit-768x468.jpg 768w, https:\/\/igotoffer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/starlink-breaking-the-speed-barriers-kit-246x150.jpg 246w, https:\/\/igotoffer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/starlink-breaking-the-speed-barriers-kit-600x366.jpg 600w, https:\/\/igotoffer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/starlink-breaking-the-speed-barriers-kit-246x150@2x.jpg 492w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12926\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Starlink Kit includes: &#8220;Dishy McFlatface&#8221; which is a 19-inch dish phased-array antenna, a mounting tripod for the dish, and an oddly-shaped Wi-Fi router device.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Now granted, it\u2019s not the first time Mr Musk mentions this idea: it\u2019s one of his many other dreams and concepts he regularly tweets about. But until now, none of us here had any idea how serious he is about that already. It\u2019s one thing to dream and quite another to actually have (apparently) something to pilot with the highest space authority in the country. Especially considering that said authority has already approved the first rollout, which is to include 1m \u2013 count them, a million \u2013 SpaceX data-casting terminals, working in concert with the already-greenlighted 4,4000 Earth-orbiting satellites. (The 550km from which height the data will be sent, is, it must be assumed, no object). And, mind you, over 1,000 of those satellites had already successfully materialized over our heads.<\/p>\n<p>So what does SpaceX have that others don\u2019t to be able to install the unimaginably fast Internet on already high-speeding machines? Well, according to the man himself, this special something is called phased-array beam-forming (stands to reason, if you ask us) technology. His satellite policy director David Goldman claims that antennae based on this kind of tech \u2013 and utilizing the Ku-band range \u2013 can handle pretty much any speed while hardly even trying. Among other things, he puts it down to the said beams\u2019 extraordinary directionality that greatly boosts their tracking aptitude. In more plain and practical terms, this means that no matter how quickly your intercity express \u2013 or long-haul airliner \u2013 may go, regardless of how far into the unknown your cruise ship may venture, the connectivity on it will remain steady and immediate, what with being \u2013 literally \u2013 heaven sent.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12927\" style=\"width: 830px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12927\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12927\" src=\"https:\/\/igotoffer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/starlink-breaking-the-speed-barriers-price.jpg\" alt=\"SpaceX priced the Starlink Kit at $499US.\" width=\"820\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/igotoffer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/starlink-breaking-the-speed-barriers-price.jpg 820w, https:\/\/igotoffer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/starlink-breaking-the-speed-barriers-price-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/igotoffer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/starlink-breaking-the-speed-barriers-price-620x454.jpg 620w, https:\/\/igotoffer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/starlink-breaking-the-speed-barriers-price-768x562.jpg 768w, https:\/\/igotoffer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/starlink-breaking-the-speed-barriers-price-205x150.jpg 205w, https:\/\/igotoffer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/starlink-breaking-the-speed-barriers-price-600x439.jpg 600w, https:\/\/igotoffer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/starlink-breaking-the-speed-barriers-price-205x150@2x.jpg 410w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12927\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SpaceX priced the Starlink Kit at $499US.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Expectedly, the title the company has chosen for these terminals reflects their sci-fi-like nature and scale: in the above-mentioned application they appear as \u201cEarth stations\u201d. Which, by the way, is a bit ironic in itself, taking into account that there is little if anything stationary about them: after all, these \u201cstations\u201d are meant to constantly be on the move. To be fair, the more detailed denomination does point this out, describing all the types of planned terminals, from \u201cVehicle-Mounted\u201d to \u201cAboard Aircraft\u201d ones, as \u201cEarth Stations in Motions\u201d (ESIMs for short), for anyone who might have missed the point.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of irony, despite the wide variety of the kinds of vehicles that are to carry those Earth Stations around, their array will actually not include Musk\u2019s own Teslas we referred to above. The creator of both celestial Internet and electric road wonder has already admitted that those \u201cUFOs on a stick\u201d (which is his own, less formal \u2013 though not nearly less poetic \u2013 definition of ESIMs) simply won\u2019t fit into a regular car, considering their size. And indeed, you can\u2019t argue with the diameter of half a meter.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, the naysayers \u2013 of whom Mr Musk has quite a crowd, being a notable envelope pusher that he is \u2013 will, no question, have a field game with this. We can already hear a bunch of (mostly obvious and unfunny) jokes about the left hand not quite aligning its work with that of the right, Tesla being too small a goal for the StarLink high-precision beams and so on. But from the unbiased point of view this seeming drawback is actually a sign, if a tangential one, of this project being sound. It\u2019s when everything is promised to be perfect out of the gate that we need to worry. When, however, the real-life obstacles are noted and taken into account, with no attempts being made to draw out attention away from them, now this is a proof that the undertakers in question truly mean what they plan. And since this particular undertaker has already made quite a few of his once-looking-crazy ideas come true, we personally are bracing ourselves for that breakneck-speed \u2013 and breakneck-speeding \u2013 out-of-this planet connectivity of his. Last laugh and all this, you know.<\/p>\n<h2>Links<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.starlink.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Starlink<\/a> &#8211; SpaceX<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/igotoffer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sell your electronic device online<\/a> &#8211; iGotOffer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starlink Unboxing + Speed Test + Full Installation [Video] Video uploaded by Brett Batie on November 8, 2020 Breaking the (speed) barriers: from here to beyond the skies OK, we know by now that words \u201cMusk\u201d and \u201cspace\u201d mean pretty much the same thing (well, not exactly, but close enough). 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