The 41% of rural households who do not have access to 50/10 Mbps or better and the households who have “access” to those advertised speeds but in reality get low single-digits. The primary target market is Canadians living in rural and remote areas that have been consistently underserved by existing internet service providers across Canada and where internet access is unreliable or unavailable. In addition to physical proximity, the signals are sent through the vacuum of space which is 47% faster than through the glass in fibre optic cable (300 million metres per second compared to 204 million) which allows for much lower latencies of 20 to 40 ms.Īs additional, upgraded versions of satellites are added to the constellation and hundreds of them are repositioned to optimize coverage, the service will continue to improve. At this altitude, it takes much less energy to launch them into orbit.
The satellites used by existing internet services (Xplornet) orbit at 35,000 km above the earth, where latencies (round trip data time) are around 700 ms while Starlink’s low orbit constellation is only 550 km above the earth – over 60 times closer. As of February 2021, Starlink has more than 10,000 subscribers. The estimated cost of deploying the Starlink constellation of satellites is at least $10 billion USD. You can track Starlink satellites live and see ground station locations here: satellitemap.space Can you spot the pair that appear to be on a near equatorial orbit? /2hpbgGxGfq- satellitemap.space August 22, 2020 38 minutes of movement swiped back and forth at high speed.
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