SpaceX has more than 8,000 space lasers across the Starlink constellation. Starlink satellites are able to connect thousands of kilometers apart, beyond the view of ground stations, and maintain pointing accuracy to enable data transfer up to 100 Gbps on each link.
Starlink’s laser mesh network allows us to provide truly global coverage and serve those in the most remote locations on Earth, including maritime and aviation customers
With more than 8,000 space lasers across the constellation, Starlink satellites are able to connect thousands of kilometers apart, beyond the view of ground stations, and maintain pointing accuracy to enable data transfer up to 100 Gbps on each link pic.twitter.com/4jZi46SZMP
— Starlink (@Starlink) September 26, 2023
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Starlink constellation is a de facto gravitational wave detector, with 8000 lasers, configured in a roughly 8,600 mile diameter sphere.
That’s a big ‘scope.
Starlink satellites “bob” on passing gravity waves, the relative distances between them changing as space contracts and expands.
Laser data transfer times between links will deviate, ever so slightly, with those changing distances.
An AI can tease out the weak signals of passing gravity waves, by examining clocked-data-transfer-rate deviations between satellites.
The AI can be trained by retroactively comparing data from Earth-based gravity wave detections, to archived clocked-data-transfer-rates between satellites collected at the same time as those known detections.
As all the gear and data will already exist, it’s really just a software problem.
Why not?
You should tell Elon to do it on Twitter/X.
Maybe he will accept your challenge.