Satellite constellation
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A satellite constellation is a group of artificial satellites working together as a system. Unlike a single satellite, a constellation can provide permanent global or near-global coverage, such that a
A bright artificial satellite flare is visible above the Very Large Telescope. Satellite constellations could have an impact on ground-based astronomy.
Starlink
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Starlink Services, LLC is a telecommunications subsidiary of the American spaceflight company SpaceX, providing broadband Internet service in approximately 160 countries and territories. It also aims
Satellite constellation
…LEO, Russian Molniya and Tundra communications constellations in highly elliptic orbit, and satellite broadband constellations, under construction from Starlink and OneWeb in LEO, and operational from O3b in MEO. Designing a satellite constellation (i.e., determining the orbital distribution of its constituents…
Starlink user equipment manufacturing facility in Bastrop, Texas
Musk and Larry Williams meet with Michael D. Griffin, long-time proponent of low Earth orbit constellations for military purposes (2005).
Falcon 9 lifts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS), Florida, delivering 60 Starlink satellites to orbit on November 11, 2019.
The first batch of 60 Starlink satellites stacked together before deployment on May 24, 2019