{"id":164067,"date":"2020-04-23T17:36:23","date_gmt":"2020-04-24T00:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextbigfuture.com\/?p=164067"},"modified":"2020-04-23T17:36:41","modified_gmt":"2020-04-24T00:36:41","slug":"elon-says-starlink-private-beta-in-3-months-and-public-in-6-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextbigfuture.com\/2020\/04\/elon-says-starlink-private-beta-in-3-months-and-public-in-6-months.html","title":{"rendered":"Elon Says Starlink Private Beta in 3 Months and Public in 6 Months"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Elon Musk says Starlink will offer a private beta for a global internet service in about three months and start offering a public beta service in 6 months.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Private beta begins in ~3 months, public beta in ~6 months, starting with high latitudes<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1253115727965491202?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 23, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nextbigfuture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-22-at-1.03.53-PM-1024x514.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"514\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-163946\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nextbigfuture.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-22-at-1.03.53-PM-1024x514.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nextbigfuture.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-22-at-1.03.53-PM-300x151.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nextbigfuture.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-22-at-1.03.53-PM-768x385.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nextbigfuture.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-22-at-1.03.53-PM.jpg 1160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The SpaceX Starlink system will not have any competition for low altitude and low latency satellite service for many years. The nearest competitor, OneWeb, went bankrupt a few weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p>The Starlink system is about 80 times closer to the Earth. Lasers travel faster in a vacuum than through fiber. This means for low latency service Starlink will be superior to any communication system for distances greater than 2000 miles.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextbigfuture.com\/2020\/01\/tesla-starlink-satellite-terminal-will-be-a-thin-flat-round-ufo-on-a-stick.html\">Elon Musk described the looks of the Starlink Satellite receiver terminal. It will have motors.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The satellite receiver will need to be able track the low earth orbit satellites and shift to a different satellite. The satellites will be about 30 times farther than the altitude of a commercial passenger jet and they will be moving about 30 times faster. The apparent motion of the satellites relative to people on the ground will be like watching an airplane track across the sky.<\/p><div class=\"nextb-last-paragraph\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"nextb-1051500534\">\r\n<div data-aaad='true' data-aa-adunit='\/339474670\/Nextbigfuture_A\/InContent_3'><\/div>\r\n<div data-onpage='true' data-adpath='\/339474670,3911572\/Nextbigfuture_B\/InContent_3'><\/div><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Looks like a thin, flat, round UFO on a stick. Starlink Terminal has motors to self-adjust optimal angle to view sky. Instructions are simply:<br \/> &#8211; Plug in socket<br \/> &#8211; Point at sky<br \/>These instructions work in either order. No training required.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1214548764054216704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 7, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/patentscope.wipo.int\/search\/en\/detail.jsf?docId=WO2018152439&#038;recNum=2&#038;docAn=US2018018542&#038;queryString=ALLNAMES:(space%20exploration%20technologies)&#038;maxRec=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">There was a patent from SpaceX discussing the phased array shifters that will be needed.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SOURCES- Elon Musk Twitter, SpaceX<br \/>\nWritten By Brian Wang, Nextbigfuture.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elon Musk says Starlink will offer a private beta for a global internet service in about three months and start offering a public beta service in 6 months. 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