Starlink: how Elon Musk will upset telecommunications
How (in short) Starlink works, the constellation of satellites wanted by Elon Musk, and what will change in telecommunications.
How (in short) Starlink works, the constellation of satellites wanted by Elon Musk, and what will change in telecommunications.
There are currently 18.000 objects tracked in Earth's orbit, including 2000 satellites. In the next few years the number of objects will double, and the number of satellites will increase tenfold. Telescopes (and our eyes) will no longer understand us.
Alberto Robiati and Gianluca Riccio guide readers through scenarios of the future: the opportunities, risks and possibilities we have to create a possible tomorrow.
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