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StarLink to launch 42,000 Internet Satellite

STARLINK A Satellite constellation development project by US company SpaceX. the goal is to develop low-cost, high-performance satel...


STARLINK

  • A Satellite constellation development project by US company SpaceX.
  • the goal is to develop low-cost, high-performance satellite bus and requisite customer ground transceivers to implement a new space-based Internet communication system.
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GOALS

  • Till now SpaceX has developed 62 satellites as of May 2019 and plans to deploy 60 more per launch, at a rate of one launch every two weeks beginning November 2019.
  • total 12,000 satellites will be launched initially, the later the number will be increased up to 42,000 satellites. 
  • The total cost of Starlink will be around 60 billion dollars.

THREAT OF SPACE DEBRIS

  • Several nations have already launched almost 9,000 satellites over the past six decades.
  • of these, about 5000 are still orbiting.
  • Starlink project will be almost doubling the number of satellites.

  • There are no binding rules currently in place for how long a satellite can safely linger in orbit.
  • The United Nations recommends that satellites be deorbited no more than 25 years after the end of their missions, but these guidelines lack strict penalties for noncompliance.

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