Satellite Internet System Starlink can get rid of ground stations. This is reported by the WCCFTECH edition.
Communicating with subscribers in Twitter , Mask said that the transition to laser bond not only accelerates the transfer Data, but also will allow the company to abandon land base stations. The entrepreneur noticed that at the moment the Internet signal from Starlink satellites passes, including through the fiber-optic network. The rejection of the wires will dispersed speed and make the Starlink network more autonomous.
Ilon Mask promised that the signal transmission rate through the satellite Internet will reach 180,832 miles per hour. For comparison, speed via cable approaches 129 166 miles per hour, and the speed of light is about 186,222 miles per hour. Thus, the data through the StarLink network will be transmitted close to light speed.
At present, the StarLink infrastructure consists of three elements – satellite, base station, user terminal. Data from users is transmitted to satellites, which, in turn, guide the signal to ground stations. Then the signal goes back to the user. Laser communication will eliminate ground stations from the chain.
Information that all new Starlink satellites will receive a laser connection, at the end of August confirmed Spacex President Gwynn Scerel. Launch on the heavy rocket Falcon 9 first batch of updated Starlink spacecraft, equipped with laser terminals, is scheduled for mid-September.