/sci/ - Science & Math

time for some /Starlink/ stuff

NEWS:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-spacex-starlink-insight/musk-shakes-up-spacex-in-race-to-make-satellite-launch-window-sources-idUSKCN1N50FC
>Musk had fired at least seven members of [Starlink's] senior management team at the Redmond, Washington, office, the culmination of disagreements over the pace at which the team was developing and testing its Starlink satellites, according to the two SpaceX employees with direct knowledge of the situation.
>Known for pushing aggressive deadlines, Musk quickly brought in new managers from SpaceX headquarters in California to replace a number of the managers he fired. Their mandate: Launch SpaceX’s first batch of U.S.-made satellites by the middle of next year
>The management shakeup followed in-fighting over pressure from Musk to speed up satellite testing schedules
>“[the ex-VP of Satellites] wanted three more iterations of test satellites,” one of the sources said. “Elon thinks we can do the job with cheaper and simpler satellites, sooner.”
>[The Tintin test satellites are] happy and healthy and we’re talking with them every time they pass a ground station, dozens of times a day.”
>SpaceX engineers have used the two test satellites to play online video games at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California and the Redmond office, the source said.
>“We were streaming 4k YouTube and playing ‘Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’ from Hawthorne to Redmond in the first week,” the person added.

New study about the feasibility of Starlink regarding network topology:
http://nrg.cs.ucl.ac.uk/mjh/starlink-draft.pdf
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdKNCBrkZQ4