The company SpaceX has received permission to launch more than 7,500 Internet satellites
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According to a press release, the U.S. Federal communications Commission (FCC) gave permission to a private company SpaceX launch, more than 7500 of communication satellites. They will become part of the proposed Elon Musk Starlink satellite constellation, consisting of nearly 12,000 vehicles. They are going to use for the development of satellite Internet.
Typically, communication satellites are located in geostationary orbit at an altitude of about 36,000 kilometers above the Earth. However, their satellite constellation SpaceX will be located in non-geostationary orbit. On the idea this will improve the quality of the connection.
In the published document explains some of the details of the program Starlink, which was proposed in 2015. FCC approved for launch 7518 SpaceX satellites will be located at the height 335-346 kilometers, yet 4425 machines will be placed at a height of 1110-1325 kilometers above the Earth's surface. For comparison: the international space station is in orbit at an altitude of 409 miles. The location of the satellites at such altitudes according to SpaceX will allow to improve the quality of the Internet connections in rural and remote from large urban areas.
The Company intends to use to create a satellite constellation compact satellites they were launched. Several first devices have already been put into orbit this year. Earlier, SpaceX received permission for withdrawal 4425 satellites.
The Head of SpaceX Elon Musk wants as soon as possible to launch all these devices. So much so that, even fired in the past month, several top managers, which, in his opinion, showed slow progress of the development of this project. Musk hopes that part of a future constellation of satellites will be launched in 2019.
In the same FCC published a press release reported that the Agency intends to revise the current methods and standards for combating space debris. The document does not indicate precisely which regulations they are referring to and whether they will apply to already approved for launch of spacecraft.
Currently orbiting the Earth are more than 500,000 different particles and space debris, moving at a speed of up to 28,000 kilometers per hour. They can pose a serious danger to an already functioning in near-earth orbit spacecraft.
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