Starlink

Fixastuff · Dec 12, 2022

tradosaurus said:
As long as you understand that the "satellites" providing you internet coverage are nothing more than high altitude balloons.
Satellite envy

That link in no way supports that claim.

tradosaurus · Dec 13, 2022

Fixastuff said:
That link in no way supports that claim.

yes it does. Why the need for balloons when there are supposedly 20,000+ satellites in orbit (which are never seen from the International Scuba Station).
satellite database

cqaigy2 · Dec 13, 2022

Ah, looks like someone wants to do some trolling.

BigBlue1 · Dec 13, 2022

tradosaurus said:
yes it does. Why the need for balloons when there are supposedly 20,000+ satellites in orbit (which are never seen from the International Scuba Station).
satellite database

You're funny. Well, not that funny.

ISS orbits about 250 miles up. Starlink sats are orbiting around 345 miles up. Starlink sats are somewhere under 10 ft across (22 for the gen2). If you can pick out a 10ft item 100 miles away through the blackness of space above you then you have some great eyes. And there are around 2000-3000 sats in orbit. The 20,000+ is the final constellation size. Great of you to be so informed of things as you spread meaningless info. Carry on.

tradosaurus · Dec 13, 2022

cqaigy2 said:
Ah, looks like someone wants to do some trolling.

Refute my claim then instead of using "troll".

BigBlue1 · Dec 13, 2022

tradosaurus said:
Refute my claim then instead of using "troll".

What is your 'claim', beyond some random babble about "balloons"?

tradosaurus · Dec 13, 2022

BigBlue1 said:
What is your 'claim', beyond some random babble about "balloons"?

Not a "claim". I just posted the link.

The StratEx Space Dive jump-started interest in high-altitude balloons as alternatives to satellites. During the run-up to the record attempt, Google started Project Loon, a planned fleet of balloons that would provide internet services. A friend of Eustace’s, Taber MacCallum, helped create a company called World View, which aims to image Earth with balloons called Stratollites.

There are no pictures of satellites in "space".

This is science fiction: