Why Starlink Is Crucial To SpaceX’s Success

SpaceX’s broadband satellite internet, Starlink, is still in beta, but already has over 10,000 customers. The fledgling service is expected to be a cash cow for SpaceX, bringing in as much as $30 billion a year - more than 10 times the annual revenue of its existing rocket business. This revenue will be used to fuel Elon Musk’s ultimate goal of building a colony on Mars. Eventually, Starlink may even keep us connected on the Red Planet.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX rolled out its Starlink early access program to the public six months ago, with the satellite internet service growing to more than 10,000 users in the first few months.
To get real-life first impressions of the service, CNBC spoke to more than 50 people who have been using Starlink. Those surveyed included households in Canada and 13 U.S. states: California, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Ohio, Oregon, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
The majority of these Starlink users are in rural or remote areas, such as farmland or wilderness, with limited access to terrestrial broadband options - and a few with no access altogether.
“I expect to keep the service long term,” a user in Montana told CNBC. “The price of the beta for the service is more reasonable than any other option we have, and those are worse in performance. I will keep Starlink as long as its the only broadband option available to me.”
Starlink is the company’s capital-intensive project to build an interconnected internet network with thousands of satellites, known in the space industry as a constellation, designed to deliver high-speed internet to consumers anywhere on the planet.
SpaceX launched the “Better than Nothing Beta” program for the public in October, and the majority of users CNBC surveyed received invitations to join between November and February. The service is priced at $99 a month in the U.S. under the beta, with a $499 upfront cost for the equipment customers need to connect to the satellites - plus taxes, shipping, and any accessories needed to mount the antenna.
CNBC’s surveyed users on total cost, the installation process, what they thought of SpaceX’s equipment, internet speed, reliability of the service, what their service alternatives were, their experience with customer service, any concerns they had, and their overall impressions.
00:00 - Introduction
02:24 - Understanding Starlink
07:15 - SpaceX’s golden ticket
10:05 - Challenges
16:12 - Future of Starlink
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Why Starlink Is Crucial To SpaceX’s Success

[@HeavenConstellations]

I got a starlink in rural Georgia and I get over 120-160mbps download and 20mbps uploads. Before with local internet I got 10mbps download and 2-5mbps upload and the price was about the same.

[@themeanestkitten]

It's for people who can't get internet any other way, If you're stuck in the middle of nowhere any internet is better than none.

[@HeavenConstellations]

@@themeanestkitten I can finally watch video streams in 4k now. With my old internet it could barely handle 720 p. And 360p if more than 3 people were connected to the internet.

[@BRM202]

Dang. Im at 35.4. Still haven't gotten mine yet. im at 10 MPS from a local telephone coop.

[@keineangabe1804]

What is your latency? How big is your ping? Are games playable?

[@HeavenConstellations]

@@keineangabe1804 I get 30-60 ping depending where the server is located. It's good better than the 90 ping I would get on good days that would go up to 300+ ping a lot.

[@Sumtoshi]

My Starlink has been up and running in Boise Idaho for about 3 months now. It’s way better than my cable company so far. Highly recommend everyone interested start their research

[@GardenGuy1943]

No

[@Countcho]

Awesome

[@joebloe1401]

TOO MUCH CRAP IN THE SKY ALREADY!!! DON'T DESTROY EARTH JUST TO MAKE A CITY ON MARS!!!--VERY STUPID!!!!!

[@tommyt9479]

@@joebloe1401 we are just dumb apes who are dwelling in our own personal problems revolving around a society we made for ourselves, waiting for a comet to come start us over again. Stop being ridiculous we need to advance rather than sit here, making our lives nothing but useless at the end of the day.

[@ExcessumGaming]

@@joebloe1401 The Satelites for Starlink are in such a low orbit that they will burn in atmosphere on their own within 5y w/o any need for extra propulsion. Its funny that they did not mention that. Kesler Syndrome mostly is related to Satelites that are on the standard orbits that are 20x-1000x higher where they can stay in orbit for thousands of years or forever.

[@Firestorm637]

I preordered Starlink and I live on Maui. More competition helps customers. I have Spectrum now.

[@JasonB808]

Yeah the once oceanic cable is too much of a monopoly. But I Work from home sometimes and the minutes long drop offs would not be good. Also in Oahu I have extreme internet which is about 90 dollars for 250 Mb down and 20 up. Right now mr. monopoly is the better choice. Just got to wait until Starlink is past beta phase.

[@MajorPickleSwag]

@@JasonB808 Wait what's the whole internet situation in Hawaii?

[@joebloe1401]

TOO MUCH CRAP IN THE SKY ALREADY!!! DON'T DESTROY EARTH JUST TO MAKE A CITY ON MARS!!!--VERY STUPID!!!!!

[@joepopplewell680]

@@joebloe1401 How are satellites in space which last 5 years and can deorbit and get more reliable over time, destroying the Earth? Should everyone in a rural community put up with bad internet or no internet simply because you feel bad? People like you make people want to make a city on mars in the first place to get away from the stupid on Earth.

[@peredavi]

@@joebloe1401 You have no idea what you’re talking of.

[@xiaoka]

The competition has zero chance to compete. Owning the rockets makes all the difference. Starlink’s volume drives down Spacex operating costs for every thing. Starlink gets launches at cost, which is way lower than SpaceX’s competitors can charge, even before their markup. No one else has a chance.

[@lukesmeby]

Plus they are able to launch there satellites on test flights.

[@aribloch]

Competition won't be satellite in the future, it will be 5G

[@RasakBlood]

Cheapest ride to space will have the cheapest satellite constellation and therefore price. Everyone else will have to suffer double the initial deployment costs. The only ones that stand a chance are Blue origin if their new glen rocket ever becomes reality and big nation backed project's where cost is not a issue.

[@nitishkannan2919]

5g could replace all home internet for the rest

[@haruspex1-50]

Blue Origins Kuiper does. It’s connection with Amazon makes them worthwhile competition

[@LaidBackLiving]

What a great video. It was a pleasure working with you guys!

[@camalex7782]

I just subbed to your channel

[@krzysztofziomek5176]

You can send them advice that probably the reason why rocket exploding during landing is probably when fire from rocket bounce from rocket to ground it bounces from ground back to rocket making it overheat.

[@jacksonmmello7397]

i checked comments to see if u replyed and would u look at that (i like ur beard btw)

[@jacksonmmello7397]

@@krzysztofziomek5176 ??

[@onecrowdehour]

You were great, great doco on Elon

[@potato2941]

I don't care if it's a bubble or Starlink is not profitable. Starlink has been a godsend to my family in the rural area. I will buy every spacex/starlink stock I can. I don't care if it goes to 0, I want Starlink to succeed. correction for CNBC, @4:29 latency is not important for video streaming because of buffering. It's only important for video conferencing, calling, and gaming.

[@sweiland75]

You might want to sort out your thoughts before you comment so they at least make some sense.

[@mvmlego1212]

I've heard that low-latency stock-trading is also very lucrative, as well. Regardless, it really does seem like Musk struck gold with this idea.

[@bindingcurve]

@@mvmlego1212 That is done with equal length fiber runs going into the trading centers. NOT an application of starlink

[@mvmlego1212]

@@bindingcurve -- _"NOT an application of starlink"_ Are you sure about that? Lasers offer an even lower-latency option than fiber-optic cables. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZq0aat7jM-heNU (4:49-12:11)

[@bindingcurve]

@@mvmlego1212 Just read up on the actual tech papers. For long distance trading is has the potential, but don't bet on it. Relaying of moving targets may introduce unacceptable flutter.

[@Jaxon-iu6vb]

Where I live in rural Canada Starlink is going to be a huge success

[@TomNook.]

If the whole world is doing this seperately, LEO is going to be as polluted as down on the ground.

[@poopahskoopahh8563]

Me too, whole town of 10,000 is Intrestef

[@snuffeldjuret]

@@TomNook. you only really need 3 systems though. Two western that compete and one china+russia+friends collab for the countries that don't like CIA and/or fair competition.

[@dirktween244]

Even in many of the major cities, Starling has a great advantage ! The best reception areas, being the baren/agriculture areas . These are not the best for connection towers ! There is also a major difference in many Urban areas ! Current geography, and increasing building sizes, suggests the need for satellite connections.

[@Respectedevil1]

@@snuffeldjuret There is no chance that Russia and China share one.

[@Morgan-xu7qs]

I think it was a classy move to work with the astronomers instead of telling them to pound sand.

[@neeljavia2965]

And something which every business should do. Help the common people.

[@ShaudaySmith]

Acknowledging you're not the only guy in town and creating room others.. A very classy move indeed. :D

[@heyreddy6033]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fnitgKNqmamNjrM

[@HappyfoxBiz]

they have no choice, Astronomers complain to NASA, SpaceX could lose the ability to launch from the facility, they continue to do so congress can clip their wings for good. Sometimes it's better to take the challenging route before it become unbearable

[@someoneinthecrowd4313]

@@HappyfoxBiz You take the longer route around the mountain, instead of the short route up the mountain that ends in a freefall off a cliff.

[@mr.marketoriginal3808]

Starlink will be one of the biggest and coolest companies in the world!

[@Lowkeyyshorts]

Wish I could invest now 😪

[@edwardfeng1888]

@@Lowkeyyshorts Yeah I wish they would go public.

[@GamerbyDesign]

I doubt it will become one of the biggest ISPs. Comcast is the largest broadband provider in the US and it has over 22 million customers. Just because 70 million home can get starlink doesn't mean they will. Starlink was made to make Space X look better by having more rocket launches. Its for cost offset purposes. Elon Musk has said it himself.

[@michaelb9940]

But at what cost?! The entirety of this video and you just picked up on the “coolness” of this project! It completely overshadowed by the problems it could create for the atmosphere! This is a big deal actually

[@akyhne]

The Starlink network will only have bandwidth for a few million users. Not exactly breathtaking. And what about the other billions of users?

[@tofulosophy]

These videos are so well made!

[@Sintesi.]

@@vincentlaw82 Imagine Comcast promoting future competitors for free. In 5 years Starlink will be the number 1 global internet provider.

[@GardenGuy1943]

I always get frustrated

[@joebloe1401]

TOO MUCH CRAP IN THE SKY ALREADY!!! DON'T DESTROY EARTH JUST TO MAKE A CITY ON MARS!!!--VERY STUPID!!!!!

[@joshuajoe1419]

Ikr, these videos are better that CNBC actual news division.

[@dirktween244]

Would like to see Updated/Current information. 3 year old information, is not very helpful ! Bonus ? Far less bias, in the reporting.

[@davidwolf226]

I can't tell you folks at CNBC just how much I appreciate this explanation of what Starlink is all about! Thank you so much!

[@gigachad1983]

ok boomer

[@AFAndersen]

Moves to the most remote place they can find... "wait, where ma internets?"

[@mikeking596]

They are putting some of the sats in polar orbits (from the north pole to the south pole covering every point in between). So unless that remote place is deep underwater/ground.... it will eventually work.

[@Daniela-pr7rz]

Eventually aka later this year.

[@deadwingdomain]

People are stupid for being so attached to such trash. Live in the woods or the city, but make a choice an live with it...

[@Andrew-Kerr]

@@deadwingdomain More stupid to go and live in the woods without internet if a reasonably good and affordable way to get it exists. What's the point of going to live in the woods if you can't go on social media and post smug pics and vids showing off how cool you are living in the woods.

[@alterego157]

It's a perfect combination.

[@mikeking596]

They mention that the low latency is good for games and movies and forget to mention video/voice chat (phones). Latency means how long it takes to get there, so if I say hello on my voice chat, how long does it take for the other person to hear it (then they have to respond). Latency is not much of an issue for movies. Bad latency means you press the play button to start,,, and have to wait 2 seconds instead of 1/2 second, but from that point on the movie plays fine so long as you have the BANDWIDTH (100 meg download).

[@itsover9008]

Gaming, Video conferencing, Stock market trading will get the maximum benefit from this. Science will also benefit. Remote sensor stations, Telescopes etc, stand to benefit from high throughput and low latency connections and the ability to connect from anywhere.

[@starship1128]

The part about the movie is not correct. The movie usually pre-loaded and commence or stop action is done locally. However, if the latency is good for games, than it will most likely be good for video and voice chat. The light travels faster in vacuum than in optical fiber.

[@TheRealUnconnected]

It still has far higher latency than fiber optic systems. Its lower than geostationary sat internet, but it has a minimum 20ms latency, i can get 1ms - 5ms on fiber.

[@starship1128]

@@TheRealUnconnected That depends how far is the server. 1ms to 5 ms only allows light to travel 300km-1500 km at max. That means your target server is quite near you. If your location is remote, the server could also be far from you, which is the reason for higher latency.

[@gernotfischer7908]

@@TheRealUnconnected and Starlink isnt built to compet with fiber. Its designed for areas without fiber.

[@MrChiefsmaster]

3:33 wrong rocket animation. They are launching them on a Falcon 9, not a Falcon Heavy

[@charleskayser4646]

Good animated rocket identification skills

[@chesterwang3070]

@@charleskayser4646 falcon 9 has no side boosters. falcon heavy has side boosters. not that hard. it's like a motorcycle vs a car.

[@ariochiv]

De-orbiting failed Starlink satellites is not a long-term problem. At the low altitude at which Starlink orbits, the satellites are experiencing small amounts of atmospheric drag that will eventually decay the orbit and cause the satellite to reenter and burn up, even if it has no communication or propulsion.

[@Chidozie01]

how long is "eventually"?

[@sSpartan666]

@@Chidozie01 it depends

[@simonair]

@@Chidozie01 Around 5 years for starlink sats

[@ariochiv]

@ok ok The regulation they mentioned in this video would require satellites to de-orbit within 25 years. 5 years is 5 times shorter than that, and we're only talking about the worst-case scenario where SpaceX completely loses control the satellite. Which hasn't happened yet (to my knowledge) in any of the 1200+ satellites launched so far. There would not be dozens or hundreds of dead satellites in 5 years.

[@simonair]

@ok ok I was referring to if all system fails. 5 years is the natural time it takes for the sat to burn up if the propulsion system does not work.

[@MrBuildboy]

I’m tired of Comcast and other communication companies always sneaking in service charges. I hope satellite internet companies won’t do that and provide us refuge from the constant headaches of constantly negotiating lower rates.

[@WasatchWind]

Maybe not satellite internet in general, but Elon with Tesla and Starlink is gung go about no hidden fees. The cost is what you pay, period.

[@j4genius961]

Companies are companies buddy, you can always trust them from seeking as much profit as possible

[@mvmlego1212]

@@j4genius961 -- That's true. Nevertheless, good PR is good for long-term profits, and having a transparent pricing system is certainly good for PR, especially if it sets the company apart from its competition.

[@livethefuture2492]

@@j4genius961 Elon's companies like Tesla and SpaceX are different, in that they actually genuinely care about making the best possible product they can, and focus on pushing innovation. luckily thanks to their strategy they are way ahead of the curve. their innovative and technological edge leads to FAR better products than anyone else and in turn dominating their respective industries. they're betting on LONG-TERM benefits and returns, rather than short-term profits.

[@LL.Johnson]

I was able to get on Comcast's internet essentials program while unemployed during the pandemic. It's only $10/month, and they just increased the speed to 100mbs. Before that I was paying way too much for internet through them.

[@DragonKingGaav]

3:34 I like how it showed the Falcon Heavy, when the Falcon Heavy hasn't been used for Starlink!

[@wenwin7038]

Yes,,,is there any possibility that Mars can be second homeland for humans

[@RuiSilva450]

@@wenwin7038 offtopic?

[@chesterwang3070]

@@wenwin7038 Of course there is a possibility (tho in our lifetime a very slim one). However, Mars is a very very very very very harsh place. It's a cold, radioactive desert (Mars barely has a magnetic field, and therefore there is nothing to shield the solar wind, aka radiation). We would have to find ways to overcome the challenges Mars presents. It will not be easy. Food is the main issue, as bringing enough food for 2 years is no easy task (a transfer window to Mars only comes every 2 years. No supplies can arrive during those 2 years). For long term stays, aka a "homeland", radiation becomes a bigger problem.

[@iKingRPG]

Ikr

[@graullas8981]

@@chesterwang3070 You don't know much about Mars. Actually Mars is not ,,radioactive desert'' - its a stupid hollywood assumption, most places on Mars experience radiation levels similar to those on ISS - we live in ISS don't we? Food is not even on top 5 priorites on Mars too. Main concern is of course pressurization, oxygen and heat - heat is the number one enemy for now because we are only sending robots to Mars - and they need to survive cold martian night (temperatures as low as -80C) by warming their electronics with heaters. Second enemy as for now is martian dust which killed one of our rovers - Opportunity, and its really problematic because its toxic to humans and charged so it is attracted to metals etc.

[@senorswordfish6019]

Where are my Filipinos at?? Finally, reliable internet guys!

[@pinoyviralvideos1219]

Sa pagkaka alam ko ibaba ang cost rate sa mga third world countries. So maybe affordable na to sa atin.

[@jadernautyh2718]

Visited the starlink to check my place sa Metro Manila, not able to process pa. Kelan kaya. Umay na telcos natin.

[@ganzmontejo4176]

Pag nasa city kayo then di nyo kailangan ang starlink. Especially sa metro Manila. Starlink is intended to be used in provinces and islands without net connectivity.

[@That-Guy_]

I already preordered mine Should be here by end of year

[@Tryckert]

We ordered starlink and it came in 3 weeks. It could be there fast for you

[@That-Guy_]

@@Tryckert My area needs more coverage before its available here

[@TheGrandMgM]

@@Tryckert when did it say it was coming? did it say a month or did it say mid 2021 to late 2021?

[@bassam_salim]

@@TheGrandMgM in my area it said mid 2022, I want to work as software developer freelancer and my 0.5mbps down 0.01 mbps up is stopping me

[@josiah1851]

How much does it cost?

[@billmoyer3254]

Waiting for IPO....yes, please!

[@rudasalma2031]

Buy google , google has a 10% stake in spaceX

[@markadler8983]

@@rudasalma2031 good point

[@joebloe1401]

TOO MUCH CRAP IN THE SKY ALREADY!!! DON'T DESTROY EARTH JUST TO MAKE A CITY ON MARS!!!--VERY STUPID!!!!!

[@SunKing909]

Well musk has said a lot of times that Spacex will not go public and goes for ipo

[@markadler8983]

@@SunKing909 he said starlink will ipo

[@zlt4lt4zz71]

Waiting on start link ipo🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 🔥🔥💯💯💯🤙🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👌🏽👍🏽 Can't wait to get starlink🤤🤤🤤

[@raphaeldouglas9361]

Successful people don't become that way overnight. What most people see at a glance-wealth, a great career, purpose-is the result of hard work and hustle over time.

[@peterbedley2719]

Yeah! I agree with you sir.

[@peterbedley2719]

If you want to be successful have the mindset of the rich, spend less and invest More. Don't give up your dreams.

[@michealdouglas8206]

@@peterbedley2719 People come here with the aim of chasing money more than knowledge and that will damage your progress, trust me. Chase knowledge first and I promise! The money will follow you just like it's following some of us now.

[@christophercook7170]

@@michealdouglas8206 That's very correct sir!! And that is why most of them end up losing they money to scammers.

[@christophercook7170]

Don't be in a haste to invest. Know what and who you are investing to and be sure that the person will deliver before investing.

[@rickjames4181]

I got mine in rural south Alabama and it is absolutely the bomb. Averaging around 200mb down and 15 up with about 30-40 ping. Haven't even put it on a pole yet. For some one who lived here with bad internet for so long, starlink has been a game changer.

[@samsonrene1]

Starlink will be totally beneficial for the Caribbean and many other developing countries.

[@ImSwiftLy]

Damn, I misread the title and thought it said Starkist, I was trying to figure out what the hell did canned tunafish had to do with space travel smh.

[@WhiteCarBlackWheels]

i miss mackenzie sigalos and CNBC after hours...

[@ianmathenge3428]

CNBC after hours moved over to their CNBC Television youtube channel

[@WhiteCarBlackWheels]

@@ianmathenge3428 have you seen that channel? They spam like 20+ vids a day... makes more sense on this channel

[@theOrionsarms]

@@WhiteCarBlackWheels it's a separate Playlist only with after hours clips on that channel, save whole Playlist on your library (on the KZbin app) and watch when you like.

[@WhiteCarBlackWheels]

@@theOrionsarms ofc thats the first thing i tried. unless i'm seeing it wrong - the playlist hasn't been updated since mar 15 2021. they keep dropping videos but arent adding it to the playlist.

[@theOrionsarms]

@@WhiteCarBlackWheels for me has worked, I don't know why you see a different Playlist that isn't renewed , different regions I guessing .

[@kameel28]

Very well documentary, thanks!

[@chrisr2507]

Can’t wait to get mine!

[@ValliNayagamChokkalingam]

Interesting Video! Thank You CNBC! Big fan of CNBC from India!

[@DavidR06]

Congratulations you were only a few months late to this news. Great reporting

[@jetsetter8541]

My area of interest is Starlink for RVs, especially the dish antenna that could be inside the dome for GPS reception while driving or for stationary use the lowering or foldable dish.

[@samuelotte1189]

We saw them flying overhead in rural Nebraska May 7th 2021 it was awesome to see that trail of lights!

[@gregparrott]

Good presentation of a new subject (at least for most of us)

[@WasatchWind]

It's definitely something to look into. SpaceX is by no means some perfect company - but they actually have admirable ambitions that will help humanity, and that I think is a far better reason to send your money to them than to Comcast.

[@RasakBlood]

Starlink will have no competition. Because no other company can lunch their satellites at cost with partly reusable rockets as spacex do. Like how do you match that cost reduction advantage?

[@heyreddy6033]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fnitgKNqmamNjrM

[@TheSirjull891]

Actually well made. Good job!!

[@fiveoh1927]

Once New Glenn is flying, Amazon can.

[@adamanderson3042]

@@AustinThomasPhD What? What would the argument be for doing that? Why would people want to subsidise all of internet infrastructure so that it is cost competitive with Starlink when the exact same amount of money would be even better put to use just subsidising starlink. Subsidising regular internet companies to be compete with starlink would be like spending trillions of dollars each year subsidising horse and cart companies so that they can compete with trucks, trains and cargo ships. Unless you mean subsiding the regular internet companies to build their own constellations, then that makes sense.

[@mani92__]

@Bruce wayne same speed? you joking, india is one of the worse country connectivity wise, only in few places you get good speed and by good i mean decent

[@ModernDayGeeks]

The explanation done about Starlink is remarkably informative. Awesome video for learning about Starlink!

[@ryansilvers2166]

I have starlink here in the country side/farmland of Indiana, it works good when we had it on the ground but we put it on the roof and it pretty much triple our mps and download and upload speed. They need longer cable so I can go up a tree and hook it up to it

[@ryansilvers2166]

I'm in a valley with trees all around is why I say that last part it would help me

[@pmcc5007]

Great comment. Ground mounting is not going to be the best option for most folks living in the country to maximize Starlink performance.

[@Moonlight-sj7qc]

Elon Musk is not just a businessman he is a visionary and always think way ahead of his time

[@Daniela-pr7rz]

What about the size of his balls? Who else goes head on on so many impossible industries?

[@Pen2paw]

I hope Starlink is successful. We pay about $100 per month on internet for households in Canada. I think it may change pricing in Canada in the future. Unfortunately, it takes our neighbour to force these monopoly companies to change them.

[@SyedMehdiX]

Love these mini documentaries

[@pyro530916]

B roll of someone trying to manually tilt dishy ... I just died a little inside.

[@AlexCio]

Wow, what a crazy project, haven't heard about it before!

[@masterroshi376]

You must live under a rock

[@AlexCio]

@@masterroshi376 That's the reason I am a content creator and you are a consumer? 😃😃

[@emailrobertbm]

One of the best news overview I’ve seen in many years. So nice to have a factual, bias free story. Thank you!

[@jbrown6759]

@,,,,+,,,,1 ,,, 7,,,, 0,,,, 8 ,,,, 4,,, 9,,,, 2,,,, 8,,,, 5,,,, 4,,,, 5,,,,

[@HelloWorld-ns7gt]

lol

[@ziwer1]

when you leave the faux new bubble 🤣😂

[@craigme2583]

Also covers Australia. A little expensive especially given the start up costs, but its a much faster service than normally available out of town.

[@thomasboomer9809]

I ordered one for the Beta. It's slated to come some time in July or so they say. I ordered it because the tech is cool and the profits will help SpaceX develop transportation to Mars. I have pretty good cable right now but it sure has it's share of problems often enough. I plan to run them side by side before cutting off the cable.

[@shreechatane9215]

One company's dominance over space is scary

[@strategygaming5830]

But without that company space wouldn’t be accessibly like it is.

[@mbaye501]

Wonder how China , Russia and other « unfriendly » countries feel about having a network of American satellites flying over their head

[@crazymodder2]

I have luckily been a beta tester sine Jan 2021 and this had been an absolute game changer. Before i was on an unreliable lte hotspot. I do get drop outs here and there but has substantially gotten better every month. Thank you so much spacex!!!!

[@michelsavoie6971]

I'm lucky to have Starlink for the last 2 weeks. Works great. I have the original Dishy. works great after a snow storm.

[@ldIezz]

This is bigger than we can think internet on ever inch of earth has tons of applications

[@gernotfischer7908]

@yep: just think of MH370. If every Airplane in the Future has broadband internet via Starlink. you know exactly where the plan lost connection and was going down.

[@woodiewoodmen2306]

Wait a second... download an app to install the gear, but... it's ment for people who have a crappy or no connection in their area :'). Big supporter though!

[@crytkryssus9851]

Holy crap I wish this had been around when I was growing up in my rural ass hometown.

[@chrisbraid2907]

Great if you can afford it …

[@j4m32hz6]

I watched them launch those satellites and it was pretty phenomenal

[@sageakporherhe783]

3:33 I love this animation.

[@RANDsreviews]

That’s the same thing Negative People said about Tesla. Those other satellite Internet companies didn’t have Elon musk

[@blackhole2345]

Can this work in a remote region like the equatorial forest ?

[@Diggnuts]

Yes. Eventually.

[@Ignacio.Romero]

With enough satellites, yes

[@simondalling7489]

At the moment the Starlink satellites do not, with a few exceptions, have satellite to satellite comms, relying on ground stations. This will likely change, but until then, no it will not work in equatorial forest as there are no ground stations.

[@Diggnuts]

@@simondalling7489 At the moment there are barely any satellites covering that area at all, so ground stations are irrelevant.

[@kazedcat]

Simon Dalling Ground station can be up to 2000km from user dish.

[@motherbrain1112]

Falcon9 launches 60 Starlink at once. Starship will launch 400 at a MUCH LOWER cost (10x less expansive) . Starship is also designed to be reused completely at a rapid pace. Starship will completely change the game once its operationnal. I dont see how competitor will be able to compete...

[@graullas8981]

Yes, Starship will make every rocket company obsolete at this point IF THEY DELIVER to the ultra low price. I think they will and we will have star trek in real life (with one main launch operator weirdly).

[@vineets]

Other companies will use starship to deploy! Like how companies use AWS for hosting their services. (AWS was started by Amazon to fulfill their needs.)

[@bighands69]

@Motherbrain I will explain how competitors will be able to play in the marketplace. SpaceX is opening up its launch business to the marketplace. I suspect how this will play out is that SpaceX will not build the entire network up there and that it will have an infrastructure that will be owned by multiple corporations. Clearly SpaceX will be a major player in that realm. I am currently building ground level infrastructure and have plans for next generation scaled networks on the ground. Exciting times ahead.

[@krzysztofmeler]

1. Starship is not a functional rocket nowhere soon. 2. The rocket fuel is expensive, fuel makes majority of the rockets' weight, it's heavy rocket so it is sensible to use it only for the packages that fully utilizes it abilities. 3. I do not see FAA to allow to reuse rocket without proper inspection before each launch, check how airplanes are checked, they literally has some parts replaced even if still functioning good, and making functional rocket with similar % of failures hasn't been reached even for long-existing rockets. In summary: it is not going to happen, they do not event have deployment system of packages for this starship and the works on it are going very slow compared to Musk's words (see 2022-23 mars cargo missions).

[@josephy8]

12 mo in the upload is 100 times better than in my country

[@spacexsays3227]

it's has nothing to do with uploads. We are simply spraying the skies with a more efficient way.

[@fobusas]

Them being up 5 years is a good thing. It mitigates Kessler syndrome, not causes it. Because they are so low in orbit. But that's not the case for constellations proposed by other companies, that would have them in far higher orbits.

[@cmdr1911]

They are extremely low so like you said they arent a huge issue. They will deorbit themselves. There is also a hige incentive to not block access to your own space.

[@graullas8981]

Plus each one of them has ion engine. If something has ion engine - it is not a space debris concern, because it can deorbit itself after its mission and avoid collision with other satellites or space trash.

[@gytis156]

@@graullas8981 This video did point out that those ion engines might fail at some point, or connection to sattelite might cut out. These things need to countdown their own death and deorbit themselves after 5 years even without spacex executing that command, so if they lose connection to it, it would still deorbit itself if engine works.

[@graullas8981]

@@gytis156 Yes but probability of starlink failure is really low and yes being in LEO is making it even better but mainly everything that doesnt have ion engines on orbit shouldnt be launched because it cant manevour and avoid hitting something else. The only fact that starlinks have ion engines should end every argument about it being space trash.

[@brianperry4815]

The other thing is that technology advances in the future the need for lower orbit satellites decreases as then they can be put in higher orbit with alot less satellites. In the future they may have a space station control center of better yet a space foundry and make materials that can't be made on Earth.lighter,stronger.less likely to corrode.

[@ParadiceLost]

Starlink might be popular in my area just due to its price. Although we have fast internet where I live, its a monopoly in the area so prices are high.

[@bighands69]

It is a monopoly because of the infrastructure development costs and regulations that inhibit growth.

[@timothyweakly2496]

I hope I get this service soon. My current service actually downgraded after over a decade of service lol.

[@timothyweakly2496]

@Sfs rocket lab I don't know. I called them and they didn't know either why. I somewhat got it resolved. But it's not the 12 down I was getting but 10. But I was only getting 6 when they lowered it lol. Goodness I pray starlink comes quickly.

[@ltlewis15]

This plays like a long commercial with commercials but I'm interested in starlink now.

[@nodehead9475]

I really doubt the experts are suggesting 2k for the dish 😂😂

[@Diggnuts]

Well, recent reports say they reduced the BOM and fab to sub 1.5K, so initial 2K would have not been far off.

[@kazedcat]

Teardown of the dish shows that it is a giant PCB with hundreds of RF microchips. It is very expensive and bringing the cost down to below $1500 is already a big achievement. Phase Array Antenna is no joke.

[@Rainbowsaur]

apparently it used to be nearly 3grand to make.

[@ThinkSleepLeave]

I have a hydroponic farm that is highly automated and I had to rely on crappy cellular service for remote monitoring. Watching cameras was impossible remotely. Now with starlink my 6 acre farm just realised the true potential!

[@dom_toredo]

How can we download the app and put the dosh where the app tells us to put when we don't have any internet to begin with.

[@derekrowanphotograpics]

Great idea for remote area access. However, Currently @ 4/2021 $700 equipment cost & $135p/mth for Starlink in Downunder 🇦🇺

[@chrisbraid2907]

Yeah I’m in Kalgoorlie on nbn and it’s way cheaper … as a senior I can’t afford the upgrade but I’m glad that the richer locals can have the Starlink option to free up nbn bandwidth … dear fast internet is like the new phone market …

[@VNV67]

I signed up in February and I am still waiting. I am in Florida and I am wondering when it will get here. SOON I HOPE...

[@ebonheart730]

When it’s available in my country I plan on getting it for my cabin.

[@RasakBlood]

@Alex Berkman Yea thats cute. And in reality most people love being able to go out during the day and then spend the evening indoors with the fire going and surfing on their tablet in the sofa. Best of both worlds is the point.

[@adipokhrel1663]

@Alex Berkman how are u commenting then??

[@nepalspizman]

Those sattbaloons seem to be working just fine.

[@TheYoyozo]

So how exactly does one download the app? Might want to plan ahead.

[@mskogly]

The price of the dishes isnt the issue. If the dish costs 1000 usd to make, the sales price is 500 and the subcription is 100 pr month it doesn't take "a long time" to break even. It takes 6 months. The satelites, ground stations and rocket launches on the other hand :)

[@metin9704]

hahahaha

[@krzysztofmeler]

Check out the cost of satelites deployement, internet access prices etc. and those $500 + $100 each month is going to be definitely not enough to make it profitable, even Musk said this.

[@magnussorensen2565]

I think Musk is aware of the space debris situation and when Starship is ready it could be used to take down old satellites when they fail.

[@jamesx4452]

That was the first thing that came to mind. More space junk will be significant.

[@pictobloxer5412]

Ion engines are equipped to change its orbit but if that fails then something will have to capture it

[@leonidhadnuk9305]

Yeah RIGHT!!! He’s gonna just (simply) take them down??? He’s gonna use HIS MONEY & go to the trouble, time & expense to TAKE THEM DOWN??? PLEEASSE!!!

[@jamesx4452]

@@leonidhadnuk9305 😂 I concur. Most companies will not incur such a significant expense and the trouble to gather trash. A good example would be Direct TV and Dish Network leaving their satellites on your when you cancel their service. Just imagine millions of starlink and it’s competitors working and non working satellites in space. How are space shuttles going travel safely during their space tours?

[@MrYdady]

The biggest issue on long term is the space debris pollution as is not completely clear which is the effect that the interaction between the resulting debris and outermost layers off atmosphere is known. All this needs studied seriously.

[@JRay2113]

CNBC be killin’ with these mini docs

[@SalesforceUSA]

What role should the architect suggest be added to the COE?

[@alexanderphilip1809]

How and Why videos from cnbc are always informative. Keep up the good work guys.

[@mvmlego1212]

Agreed. This is the only program produced by a cable television network that I'll watch. I don't necessarily have a grudge against any of the other companies, but this is the only show that I've found to be apolitical, lacking filler, and not afraid to get into the details.

[@karenluz6482]

Cute! A bubble of iron and satellites!

[@timmydavidsmith]

Already sounds better than my xfinity internet

[@thomwescott5760]

It is, believe me. Calling Comcast to cancel was easily my happiest moment in all of 2020.

[@pukes6273]

Starlink turns SpaceX to a direct to consumers company. That's key.

[@bighands69]

It could turn them into a trillion dollar company and that would be a good thing for space exploration. But I think they will not be the only trillion dollar company in on the game.

[@icemanleo]

If ISPs are not worried, they should!

[@icemanleo]

Sure... that is until your cell phone company hits you with data caps or overcharges

[@icemanleo]

Also obviously you did not listen to all of the video as the example could not get cell reception. Think big simpleton

[@abhi5540]

Is the signal affected by rain? I am using a dish for cable tv which loses signal during rain.

[@nasawormlogo9521]

From what I’ve heard, it doesn’t affect it too much because they are in a way lower orbit than satellites, like Dish TV’s.

[@miguellopez3392]

very minorly, some people have operated them with almost a foot of snow on top, since their satellites are much closer they can use frequency bands that pass through clouds and precipitation.

[@johntarbell5252]

Just ran a sppedtest about 3 hours ago using starlink. 308 MBPS down 8 up. The service interruptions are minimal and the pings are usually in the 30s

[@alterego157]

Why is up so slow?

[@subhobroto]

30 ms

[@Blitznstitch2]

Can these also be used to monitor for meteors and aliens?

[@abdulwasesyed8667]

I like this starlink ad very much.

[@JohnSmith-rf1tx]

4:06 - Yes, it's true that, because they orbit at a lower altitude, Starlink satellites can see less of the Earth at any one time than a satellite at 36,000 km altitude. But that is absolutely NOT the reason why SpaceX needs so many satellites for Starlink. The actual reason is simple orbital mechanics. Because SpaceX is using a Low Earth Orbit, their satellites aren't geostationary and don't remain over the same area of the Earth all the time. Each satellite is completing a full orbit of the Earth in about 95 minutes. Any single satellite is therefore only visible from a ground terminal for a few minutes at a time (about 3-6 minutes) before it passes over the horizon. In order to provide constant, continuous connectivity then, SpaceX needs enough satellites so that at least one is always visible from the ground anywhere in their coverage area. This takes A LOT of satellites.

[@bighands69]

If the world wants fast easy internet then it will require such a system as Starlink.

[@fredlandry6170]

Looks awesome.

[@markfroelich4743]

One item overlooked regarding the space debris problem is that because these satellites are so much closer to the ground, even if they lose communication with the satellite, it will still de orbit at a more reasonable time than current internet satellites that are way up higher sitting in a geostationary orbit.

[@80fire71]

It seems that you can now connect to the Internet even in places that seem to be the ends of the earth, right?

[@Maadhawk]

I think the astronomers, and I love space and astronomy, are going to have to give up the ghost and accept that the commercialization of space will spell the end of ground based large scale observations. It is inevitable. But, that same commercialization should enable the construction of space-scopes more than ever at much cheaper price points.

[@thomwescott5760]

Assembling the James Webb Space Telescope on orbit (Earth/Luna L2) with a couple charted Starships would have made it ten times cheaper and five times larger.

[@Maadhawk]

@@thomwescott5760 Not even that. There is a novel by John Ringo who explores building things on a massive scale. It is called "Live Free or Die". Earth has been invaded by aliens, or rather, our solar system has been and humans are being used as slave labor to mine our own world. At least to a point. A competing alien power protects some of us and it is in that, that the story grows. To get rid of the bad aliens and secure our system, the main character builds a giant array of small mirrors. Each one is only about a meter in diameter. Pretty small. But, he builds them in the millions. Along the way, they talk about how if they weren't needed for defense and industry, those some mirrors, while pretty crap on their own, collectively made the most powerful and refined telescope ever. We could do the same. Build hundreds of small cheap mirrors and fit them with a standard "sat pack" station keeping system and put them into orbit about the sun and out of the plane of the ecliptic. These mirrors would collect light and focus it on a central mirror which would then beam it back to our space observatory. This would vastly amplify our scope power at a fraction of the cost.

[@cantubloodaxe768]

Good work!

[@TamimLB]

Africa is waiting so excitedly for this.

[@LordCoeCoe]

Starlink is obviously gonna be the future, definitely on other planets/moons.

[@davidrice5288]

Especially when AI allows the satellite s to perform as a singular swarm

[@krzysztofmeler]

@@davidrice5288 AI is not required to do this, normal algorithms are eanought.

[@krzysztofmeler]

How are they gona deploy hundrets of satielites over orbits of different planets/moons and about which of the solar system celestial bodies do you speak? Definitelly better option is to put 3-4 satellites on stationary orbits of those cause speed and latency is not the most important thing over mars or other planets/moons, especially because without protection against cosmit radiation those starlink networks over mars etc. would be dead after short time, even over earth planned lifetime is only 5 years.

[@wenwin7038]

Its great work,, why not everyone of us from any country share our ideas,

[@akyhne]

Why? We have fiber broadband...

[@wenwin7038]

@@akyhne fiber broadband? I mean to have ideas from every perspective,every field,

[@thomwescott5760]

Because with the internet, bad ideas travel just as fast as good ideas.

[@siddharthkalantri5076]

If U make Great Coffee . Imagine how boreing world be if everyone drink only coffee .

[@wenwin7038]

@@thomwescott5760 ofcourse bad ideas also travel that's why people losses millions to scammers every month. Real friends are rare, fake are everywhere if true people unites,,then right ideas will be produced

[@johndavid5627]

just set mine up its amazing

[@Bikerdave87]

Very interesting. Thanks.

[@XOPOIIIO]

It's a quadrillion billion multidollar business. I think the money will be enough to send a billion colonists to Alpha Centauri.

[@akyhne]

If they are not overselling the bandwidth (which they probably will), there's only room for a few million users on Starlink. That's only an income of a few billions per year.

[@Daniela-pr7rz]

They are making iterations to expend the bandwidth. Plus, not everybody needs a lot in the same time. The important thing for most users is to be able to stream without buffering.

[@akyhne]

@@Daniela-pr7rz They can't raise the bandwidth for already launched satellites. And their application to the FCC only allows the current satellites. And you are wrong about just being able to stream. That's not what they are promising their users.

[@Daniela-pr7rz]

@@akyhne They are promising users internet in remote locations and they deliver. People with no internet and 1-20Mbts download are getting a better deal with Starlink. As for bandwidth of satellites, they will burn in atmosphere in 5 years and be replaced with ever new ones with better capabilities. They said estimated revenue of aprox $30 bill/ year in 2025. It might not be that big but obviously they expect tens of millions of customers at least.

[@akyhne]

@@Daniela-pr7rz 30 billion in revenue? Are you kidding me?! That would mean a user base of 300 million users! I suggest you do some research and some math, and you'll find they can't have much more, than a few million users.

[@PassportGaming]

@6:40 Elon has already tweeted how much the dish costs them to make

[@MrChiefsmaster]

and how much?

[@PassportGaming]

@@MrChiefsmaster Idk. Go check his tweets. I didn’t want to memorize useless info so I forgot. Something like 2 or 3k but he said they’re reducing its cost rapidly

[@defnotaghost6460]

Biniam Gaming 1,500 Dollars do be exact, that’s what he tweeted

[@aaxxcdd]

" ..at the speed of light rather than whatever the speed is on the ground. ". :D

[@jacklongston8055]

Another good reason to make telescope arrays in space, on the moon, and in deep space

[@splice247]

Im 15min from a major town with fast broadband, i have one option for Dsl and its os extremely unreliable and slow. Pay for 30mbs and rarely get above 15 when it isnt dropping out

[@mukamuka0]

this Skynet...oops I mean Starlink look promising.... combine with Neuralink, OpenAI, Automation.... our machine overlord dream is coming so soon 😂

[@paoloangelino24]

Imagine we started with dial up internet, and now we'll be getting wifi from outer space. 🚀

[@smoshabi]

When he said multiplanetary satellite system I had goosebumps