The SpaceX company whose CEO Elon Musk recently sent another rocket to Earth orbit with 60 satellites. Remembering that in 2020 alone, 18 flights of this type have already been carried out and this was also the 95th flight of the Falcon 9. But why is Elon Musk's SpaceX sending so many satellites into Earth orbit? I will answer this and other questions right now in this article, so let's go.
With this latest launch, SpaceX is already responsible for around 835 Starlink satellites in Earth orbit. However, the company wants to go further in this project, intending to put in the skies at least 12 thousand units. But their ambition is actually even bigger than this number, in fact they aim to launch a total of 30,000 satellites.
Passing the mark of 800 satellites is already a very important milestone, as the company aimed to do internet tests between 500 and 800 units. This internet would not be an ordinary internet, but with broadband connection of high speed and low latency around the world. To tell you the truth, they are already doing private beta testing and the connection speed is around 100 Mbps. But I want to remind you that Musk has promised that the Starlink connection will offer a speed of 1 Gbps per user, with latency staying below 20 ms.
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Problems SpaceX Satellites Are Bringing
We all know that SpaceX's frequent rocket launch into space is intended to build one hell of a constellation of satellites. However, this increase in satellites is posing a problem for those who enjoy astronomical observations, as they are reflecting sunlight. More directly, the naked eye appears in long-exposure photographs and, of course, also impacts nighttime telescope observations.
To give you an idea, these solar reflections on satellites can even hinder the search for potentially dangerous asteroids. But Elon Musk was concerned about these possible problems that SpaceX is bringing to Astronomy and has already presented some possible solutions. One of them was a dark coating on the satellites, the other was the application of some visors to deflect the reflected light. However, none of these measures presented by the businessman have proven to be effective.
There is also another problem that the excessive number of these satellites can bring, I'm talking about the “congestion in space traffic”. Making it increasingly difficult to find a path to possible future releases.
Other Companies That Have Similar Projects
When a big project has a chance to succeed and bring a lot of financial profit, it is natural for other companies to replicate it. And this is happening with this quality satellite internet project. THE OneWeb has already launched a few satellites similar to that of Elon Musk. already the amazon must launch its first rocket with the project kuiper, which by the way is quite similar to SpaceX. and even the Facebook you already have the Project on your table athena.
