"Star Link" is a high-speed Internet access service that covers the whole world through a constellation of satellites in low earth orbit, and truly realizes an available, economical and high-speed space-based Internet.
It is a project of American Space Exploration Technology Company. Space Exploration Technology Company plans to build a "star chain" network in space from 2065,438+09 to 2024, of which 65,438+0.584 satellites will be deployed in low-earth orbit 550 kilometers above the earth, and the work will begin in 2020. However, according to relevant documents, the company plans to add another 30,000 satellites, bringing the total number of satellites to about 42,000.
On April 25th, according to foreign media reports, Space Exploration Technology Company has successfully launched 60 "Starlink" Internet satellites, which is another important step for the company to provide users with Internet services. The star chain transits Beijing and the star chain transits Yunnan.
According to the official introduction of Space Exploration Technology Company, the "Star Chain" can't be directly connected to handheld devices, but connecting the "Star Chain" only requires a terminal the size of a pizza box, which has a phased array antenna and can track satellites. The terminal can be deployed anywhere where you can see the sky, and then the terminal generates a wifi signal for people around you to use the Internet.