Starlink, of SpaceX, is a satellite constellation project being developed by Elon Musk and team to give satellite Internet go-to access for people in any part of the world. The plan is to comprise thousands of mass-delivered little satellites in low Earth circle, orbit, working in mix with ground handheld devices, for instance, our iPhones. Elon Musk speaks about it as a grand Idea that could change the way we view and access the world around us.
Nowadays, how we connect to the internet is primitive. However, Starlink might just change that, in a big way. The global pandemic has shown us how much we rely on the internet and how much is needed to run our lives, to access knowledge, and to communicate to people distant from us.
So, allow me to state how Starlink, this little Elon Musk pet project, can rise up to stardom, like a “rocket ship”, take over the world, and disrupt, yet, another future dying industry.
A Helping Hand
For Starlink to build its foundation, in space, above us, it needs infrastructure. Starlink’s main backbone is its satellites and they will act as sources for the wireless communication system to provide broadband internet access, directly to us, on Earth. From the surface, it seems like another Sci-Fi movie, but that’s what Elon Musk does, transforming fantasy to reality. Making the unthinkable, thinkable.
One of their alleged partners is a high-end satellite and video communications company based in Florida, Vislink. Based on research, the company provides technology that Starlink might just exactly need. Nothing is confirmed at the moment, however, this may not be the only reason SpaceX or Starlink is related to Vislink. Just a few weeks ago, a photo surfaced online of the Vislink logo being seen on a live-stream of the official SpaceX launch event.
Additionally, SpaceX appears to conduct a lot of its operations including testing in Florida, the same state where Vislink’s headquarters is. This can be nothing or something, but they are possible signs of correlation between the two companies.
How Starlink Will Take Part Of Us
SpaceX has the permission to fly 12,000 satellites into the low-orbit and Musks hopes for more than 30,000 in a distant future. Starlink’s plan is happening before our eyes and we are most likely witnessing another important event in the history of mankind. Starlink is a game-changer and some people just don’t know it yet.
The main go-to advantage of why we’ll be using Starlink is the easy and fast access to the internet from wherever we are in the world. Imagine being on a beach in the Philippines and having at least 233 MBPS internet connection or chilling under a Palapa in Uganda, while watching your favorite Netflix show with no interruptions. How amazing will that be? Third world countries, where internet communication is found to be unstable and unreliable, will be the obvious beneficiary of Starlink. Think of the possibilities. If that happens, telecommunication companies will be at risk.
Major Disruption Alert
In February of 2020, an article by Forbes spoke about the possibility of an IPO of the Starlink side of SpaceX. In this article, the author, Alex Knapp, also mentioned,
“On that latter point, Starlink faces competition from legacy providers like Comcast, which is building out higher-bandwidth networks for customers. And for rural areas or emerging markets that are harder to reach, legacy mobile internet providers are making a huge push to build out new infrastructure for 5G data services.”
Also being said by Knapp,
“Verizon and AT&T are spending quite a bit of money, buying millions of feet of cable over the last two to three years reinforcing fiber infrastructure, because if they don’t fill the void, LEO will come in to compete,” says Shrihari Pandit, CEO of internet service provider Stealth Communications.
Think about it today. A huge amount of people subscribe to a phone service provider, like Verizon, mostly for internet purposes. If they have to call someone, they use Facebook Messenger, Snapchat, or Whatsapp, you know it. Regardless of whether you are a millennial or not, the future of communications will be based on this ecosystem. If people start becoming more aware of Starlink and Starlink starts getting more critical mass attention, people won’t even think of Verizon, Sprint, AT&T anymore. Reasons can be is that it’s cheaper, faster, and simpler, factors that convince people to buy. Starlink can disrupt telecommunications, but a whole industry is at stake, but maybe, it’s the price of innovation.
In the recent news, based on TechCrunch, SpaceX could qualify for a 16B federal funding if Starlink could prove a low-latency network system. An ability that Musk expressed, way ahead of the mark, so it’s needless to think about it.
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