Satellites belonging to SpaceX founder Elon Musk were seen in Turkey. Satellites were viewed from cities such as Ankara, Bursa, Konya and Adana, especially Istanbul.
It has been learned that the satellites sent into space will provide satellite internet service to the world. Within the scope of this project, it was stated that the internet would be provided from space without the need for an infrastructure work on the ground.
The number of satellites SpaceX will send is expected to reach 42 thousand.
On the other hand, SpaceX, on its social media account, "Falcon 9 launched 46 Starlink satellites into orbit." had shared.
What are Starlink satellites?
Starlink is a satellite constellation built by the American satellite company SpaceX to provide satellite internet access. The constellation will work with ground stations and will consist of thousands of small mass-produced satellites. SpaceX also plans to sell some of its satellites to armies, while using some of its satellites for exploration and science purposes.
66 satellite inscribed earth images in 24 orbital planes of 1584 satellites each in Starlink's first phase. First phase of the Starlink satellite constellation and in crustal orbit (550 km): approximately 1.600 satellites As of September 2020, SpaceX has deployed 775 satellites. In addition, more than 60 satellites per launch are planned to be placed in the launches that will be carried out every two weeks from this month. In total, 2020 satellites are planned to be deployed in the mid-12.000s, then increasing the total number of satellites to 42.000. The first 12.000 satellites are planned to be in three orbits: the first of the three orbits is at an altitude of 550 km with a total of 1.600 satellites, followed by a second orbit with approximately 1.550 Ku- and Ka-band spectrum satellites at an altitude of 2.800 km and approximately 340 V at an altitude of 7.500 km. - is the placement of band satellites. It is foreseen that the commercial use of satellites will start in 2020.
Together with this initiative, thousands of satellites to be placed in orbits between 340 and 1.550 km have led to concerns that there may be possible effects on astronomy and that space junk will form in the long run.
It was estimated that ten years would be required to design, build and deploy the satellite constellation, and the total cost of the project would cost SpaceX US $ 2018 billion in May 10. Development of the product started in 2015, and in February 2018, the first two prototypes were tested with satellite test flights. The second set of test satellites and the first large-scale deployment housed 60 small satellites, and this flight took place on 24 May 2019 (UTC). Starlink's research, development, manufacturing, and orbit control operations are all conducted at SpaceX satellite development facilities in Redmond, Washington.
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