How Starlink works? (Part 1)

We have lived in the Internet epoch since around twenty years now. Internet has connected the worlds, provided answers to so many questions, helped billions of people, provides millions of people with work and is the number one source for everything we need every second of the day.

There are still parts of the world which needs to be connected with high-speed internet connectivity to provide education and even democracy. Starlink is there to do this alongside its all technological mission.

Starlink satelites are launched in the LOA (Low Earth Orbit, around 440 km above ) and provide high-speed internet to the world on Earth.

Starlink works through using radio signal through the vacuum of space instead of cable technology. Ground stations broadcast signals to satellites in orbits, which in turn relay the data back to the Starlink users on Earth.

How are the Starlink satellites powered:

Efficient ion thrusters, powered by krypton, enable Starlink satellites to orbit raise, manoeuvre in space, and deorbit at the end of their useful life. Starlink is the first krypton propelled spacecraft ever flown. Starlink satellites feature a single solar array, significantly simplifying the system.

Starlink plans to refresh their mega-constellation every 5 years with newer technology. This means that an average, operational Starlink satellite will have a lifespan of 5 years before it is replaced. Old satellites are returned into Earth's atmosphere where they burn up.

One thing is left to consider when we talk about vast space industry and exploration expansion : We clean space debris and intelligent beings have connected to us.