SpaceX 'StarLink' satellite service [Starlink & Starshield at war]

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Starlink v1.0 Launch 20

Date: March 9, 2021
Time: 2158 Eastern (0258 UT)
Pad: LC-40
Booster: 1058.6
​​​Recovery: ASDS
Fairing recovery: yes

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StarLink 20

SpaceX ✓ @SpaceX
Now targeting Thursday, March 11 at 3:13 a.m. EST for launch of Starlink – taking some additional time for pre-launch checks

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1369450029174390791

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StarLink 21

Date: March 14, 2021
Time: 0601 Eastern (1001 UT)
Pad: LC-39A
Booster: 1051.9
Recovery: ASDS OCISLY
Fairing recovery: yes
Payload: 60 StarLinks

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StarLink 21

9th flight of this booster (B1051)

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Starlink 22

Date: Wednesday March 24
Time: 0428

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End of StarLink beta (summer) & mobile Starlink (later this year) timing...

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1382839546484641794

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1382842277719003136

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StarLink 24

Date: April 28, 2021
Time: 1144 Eastern

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StarLink 25

Date: May 4, 2021
Time: 1501 Eastern (1901 UT)
Pad: LC-39A
Booster 1049.9
Booster recovery: ASDS Of Course I Still Love You
Tug: Mr. Jonah
Recovery ships: GO Quest, MV Shelia Bordelon

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StarLink 27: first 10th booster flight!!

Skipping StarLink 26, which is a Rideshare waiting on two Capella Space secondary payloads to get an FAA license.

Date: Sunday, May 9
Time: 0242 Eastern (0642 UT)
Booster: B1051.10
Booster recovery: ASDS Just Read the Instructions
Fairing recovery: MV Shelia Bordelon

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Starlink 27 webcast

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StarLink 26

Date: May 15, 2021
Time: 1858 Eastern (2258 UT)
Pad: LC-39A
Booster: B1058.8
Booster landing: ASDS Of Course I Still Love You
Fairing recovery: MV Shelia Bordelon
Recovery support: GO Quest

The Capella 5&6 secondary payloads just got their license issues worked out and may move to StarLink 28.

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~30 min to stream...

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https://www.pcmag.com/news/spacex-preps-ruggedized-starlink-dish-for-cars-boats-and-planes

SpaceX Preps 'Ruggedized' Starlink Dish for Cars, Boats, and Planes

SpaceX is working on a “ruggedized” version of its Starlink dish designed to work outside cars, boats, and planes and in harsh climates.

SpaceX filed an application with the FCC on Tuesday to operate the so-called “high-performance” Starlink dish. The hardware still relies on a phased array antenna to receive the high-speed internet from SpaceX satellites in orbit.*

“But these high-performance (‘HP’) models will operate with higher gain and lower transmit* power (thus maintaining a consistent EIRP compared to other SpaceX Services user terminals),* a higher scan angle, and features that ruggedize the unit for use in harsh environments,” the company wrote in the application.
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Gwynne Shotwell at the Space Symposium,

* Talked about the chip shortages, and they should resolve later this year. Big part of the launch delays.

* New user terminal/dish design near New Years; half the cost, and it could halve again next year.

* ALL future Starlinks will have laser links, another part of the launch delays.

* Next Starlink launch in ~3 weeks.

They have 100,000 customers, 600,000 orders so far, and it isn't even officially "open for business."