From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-wm1-x329.google.com (mail-wm1-x329.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::329]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.bufferbloat.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E6BDC3CB38 for ; Sun, 9 Jun 2024 19:50:12 -0400 (EDT) Received: by mail-wm1-x329.google.com with SMTP id 5b1f17b1804b1-42133f8432aso22546715e9.3 for ; Sun, 09 Jun 2024 16:50:12 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20230601; t=1717977011; x=1718581811; darn=lists.bufferbloat.net; h=to:subject:message-id:date:from:mime-version:from:to:cc:subject :date:message-id:reply-to; bh=2kQ2xZ4FBtQuWKdmrsmHF/OxFkYZMx5rwC+QBPs7+gA=; b=mvPV7erKTv1A4em4MQndwHwTVWEBsBu7tTbkUJoUOtsDcF5vC7AEHna+b8DmhcWIOy uh7ky0F6QPkoNBO0YTHJ1S9BZfjmQ/L14ArntbfMv0uoW8IRFhUruYt719FqLEPiR9/J r4r83o6n6sAT0DGzGxRTnhBDm8XRpOwwT4IBgAWL+/PlmQbYyRlgZwtiJHmhyU4K7FMm T4LRSYmbj8B2RSvjbrJMV01jViUFR9woHmCvLI8vDxbidCHKC14ELGRQ9eOkTddaF6M0 WYt12RQpemv1EZTGxuJwhbk5NJSfSwdlObs75j26uk4l3YztSVUvDN3iiuwC5SXlJllL gJlA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1717977011; x=1718581811; h=to:subject:message-id:date:from:mime-version:x-gm-message-state :from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=2kQ2xZ4FBtQuWKdmrsmHF/OxFkYZMx5rwC+QBPs7+gA=; b=YvrOzBXXo0j2WwOFoWT0i/wSpuHJs4o1Q//ZfFCT8NIWOitkktmbbskBg4HqUD9+kT +gr5I1K53KrrB1JBosnUYgteJiXGREnoRjvCz5V4jqJ2+iuPgKdutcxXDscKvLGjUAgz wFFDf/0npI7fQiHkSPPMHa2gFZRWCXkoSs3vQa3tblnzIjJnMoxqKbAn4v9HmuTGE+p5 XSc1yWlexme8I17xkczC3YbhEaVr4kgUbWIMBCgvq5AXfna9oMsunc4A0AMNklka1gQP AfuWC7U2vcoiA9jvwpZ2Cam/xWFMakso/3d3Fab4/+XeiPxvTVuHoNHgYyyewCT6CciZ 22Aw== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0Yy6mJpTxtNYW72QNyG3vx3fhquVGvmQKb1M5ko1xGDwYQCVFsd9 xWzPOyIFB/rgZZlWsjWSFbQ8+VDRcVCLCxN4zbeeQgCSHX8kLY5kAqrpBbSkmqJZOqa2GYE4SIz 1lIatg2/KsmfsaINCOBO18/RV/Z52zg== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IFRyFLz1iTgvw3YHDDOpIeC2sd+N9PYiiPvRhGjCYAk1bLyAUfKBWuXJ3Q1FQvJzNwaf4bkalOK2Qw11ouW8PY= X-Received: by 2002:a05:600c:138e:b0:420:29dd:84e3 with SMTP id 5b1f17b1804b1-42164a25710mr69060015e9.26.1717977011300; Sun, 09 Jun 2024 16:50:11 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Dave Taht Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2024 16:50:00 -0700 Message-ID: To: Dave Taht via Starlink Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0000000000007db2e1061a7db162" Subject: [Starlink] Starship's 4th flight test was magnificent X-BeenThere: starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: "Starlink has bufferbloat. Bad." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 09 Jun 2024 23:50:13 -0000 --0000000000007db2e1061a7db162 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Seeing the booster land on target was simply amazing. When they kicked into the Blue Danube, during Starship's coast phase, I started dancing around the boat. The landing phase was a real nailbiter, but seeing starlink maintain connectivity through nearly it all of that plasma was amazing, too. To be massively cheered up about spaceflight, hit starlink's web site for the video. It is hard to imagine them attempting a catch of the booster for flight 5, that close to boca chica, but... But that left questions for me. How much overweight are Starship and the booster now? How much payload can they actually push to an orbit suitable for deploying starlink? When will they attempt payloads? The second set of questions are that the newer, larger Starlink satellites were designed, oh, 4 years ago? with about 4x the capacity of the existing ones, and I imagine (and hope) that they have been continually redesigned with an eye to latency now, as well as capacity. Seeing something like fq_codel actually make orbit would be a capstone to my career, when I started off wanting to be an "orbital mechanic" in the first place but exited entirely after challenger went down... Lastly, I couldn't help but imagine small repair robots deploying once in orbit to get a full view of every tile on starship, and perhaps effect repairs. Call 'em Hewey, Duey and Louie.... Ad Astra! --=20 https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7203400057172180992/ Donations Drive. Dave T=C3=A4ht CSO, LibreQos --0000000000007db2e1061a7db162 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Seeing the booster land on target was = simply amazing.

When they kicked into the Blu= e Danube, during Starship's coast phase, I started dancing around the b= oat. The landing phase was a real nailbiter, but seeing starlink maintain c= onnectivity through nearly it all of that plasma was amazing, too. To be ma= ssively cheered up about spaceflight, hit starlink's web site for the v= ideo. It is hard to imagine them attempting a catch of the booster for flig= ht 5, that close to boca chica, but...

But tha= t left questions for me. How much overweight are Starship and the booster n= ow? How much payload can they actually push to an orbit suitable for deploy= ing starlink? When will they attempt payloads?

The= second set of questions are that the newer, larger Starlink satellites wer= e designed, oh, 4 years ago? with about 4x the capacity of the existing one= s, and I imagine (and hope) that they have been continually redesigned with= an eye to latency now, as well as capacity. Seeing something like fq_codel= actually make orbit would be a capstone to my career, when I started off w= anting to be an "orbital mechanic"=C2=A0 in the first place but e= xited entirely after challenger went down...

L= astly, I couldn't help but imagine small repair robots deploying once i= n orbit to get a full view of every tile on starship, and perhaps effect re= pairs. Call 'em Hewey, Duey and Louie....

= Ad Astra!

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