{"id":10566,"date":"2021-07-21T22:32:19","date_gmt":"2021-07-21T14:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/razman-ayop\/?p=10566"},"modified":"2021-07-21T22:32:22","modified_gmt":"2021-07-21T14:02:22","slug":"how-starlinks-42000-satellites-will-transform-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/razman-ayop\/how-starlinks-42000-satellites-will-transform-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"How Starlink&#8217;s 42,000 satellites will transform the world"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How Starlink&#039;s 42,000 satellites will transform the world\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zXKGrkmVBLE?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Elon Musk has some lofty goals for his high-speed satellite internet venture Starlink. He plans to launch 45,000 satellites into our skies. It\u2019s for a good cause though. Musk plans to bring internet connection to all the populations that lack it. He also plans to improve internet connection speeds offering 1Gb\/s download speed once his system is fully operational. For comparison, 100Mb\/s is currently considered above average. But it\u2019s not all good news. Amongst other potential dangers, Musk\u2019s satellites may exacerbate light pollution. Although these satellites don\u2019t produce light, they\u2019re situated lower in orbit \u2013 about 60 times lower than other internet satellites \u2013 they run the risk of filling the night sky with reflections. Considering that they will be in very high numbers, this could impact conditions for all astronomers and even hamper our ability to detect hazardous asteroids. Starlink has therefore now been trialing new designs that result in less reflection, such as the \u201cDarkSat\u201d satellite with a non-reflective coating and the \u201cVisorSat\u201d satellite equipped with a special sunshade visor. But that\u2019s not all. If they are damaged, Musk\u2019s satellites could contribute to the problem of space debris. Starlink has been working hard to address all these potential issues, noting that the satellites are all designed to deorbit naturally, or burn up in Earth\u2019s atmosphere. If it succeeds to do so, then the satellites may well be worth the risks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elon Musk has some lofty goals for his high-speed satellite internet venture Starlink. He plans to launch 45,000 satellites into our skies. It\u2019s for a good cause though. Musk plans to bring internet connection to all the populations that lack it. He also plans to improve internet connection speeds offering 1Gb\/s download speed once his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24954,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","hentry","category-variety","post_format-post-format-video"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/razman-ayop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/razman-ayop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/razman-ayop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/razman-ayop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24954"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/razman-ayop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10566"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/razman-ayop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10566\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10568,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/razman-ayop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10566\/revisions\/10568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/razman-ayop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/razman-ayop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/razman-ayop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}