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10 weird things about SpaceX's Starlink internet satellites

Never realised that the Gen 2 satellites would be almost 5 times the weight of The Gen 1 satellites. The little heffers. 😎
Yeah, nearly as big and heavy as Zyxel NR5103's. :giggle:
 
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Interesting they have polar coverage (or at least antarctica) I thought that was one of the things they didn't do and was one thing that Oneweb would do different so that's interesting to read.

The mars thing is amusing too. Ah yes you won't be bound by any earth government. uh huh. And the data? the data you transmit between earth and mars? I think there may be a bit more to this than what SpaceX thinks there is. But what do I know, laws don't seem to bother Elon too much.
 
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Yes, it seems like there are now three variants of the GEN2 platforms, all at different sizes. The experimental ones that just launched are closer to GEN1 (or Block v1.5) than the original plan for GEN2.
 
Yes, it seems like there are now three variants of the GEN2 platforms, all at different sizes. The experimental ones that just launched are closer to GEN1 (or Block v1.5) than the original plan for GEN2.
They'll need Starship launch vehicle to heft the "full fat" Gen2 Starlinks into orbit - that is if they want to launch in any sensible numbers and the things weigh over a ton each.
 
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