<p>Frankly, it’s depressing how one billionaire can fuck up the night sky for the rest of humanity and our collective ability to try to understand more about the universe.</p><p>The new generation of Starlink satellites create even more interference than the old ones.</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy4dnr8zemgo" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy4dnr8zemgo"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy4d</span><span class="invisible">nr8zemgo</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/space/" rel="tag">#space</a> <a href="/tags/starlink/" rel="tag">#starlink</a> <a href="/tags/spacex/" rel="tag">#spacex</a> <a href="/tags/elonmusk/" rel="tag">#elonmusk</a></p>
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<p>Records show that senior State Department officials in both D.C. and Gambia coordinated with Starlink execs to coax, lobby and browbeat Gambian government ministers to help Musk. One official said Gambia is under “maximum pressure” to yield.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-musk-starlink-state-department-gambia-africa-pressure?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-musk-starlink-state-department-gambia-africa-pressure?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-musk-starlink-state-department-gambia-africa-pressure?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/gambia/" rel="tag">#Gambia</a> <a href="/tags/elonmusk/" rel="tag">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="/tags/musk/" rel="tag">#Musk</a> <a href="/tags/starlink/" rel="tag">#Starlink</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#Technology</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/africa/" rel="tag">#Africa</a></p>
kemarin pasang <a href="/tags/starlink/" rel="tag">#Starlink</a> (residential), pas pertama pasang dapat speednya memprihatinkan meski sudah aligned. Gw langganan paket residential dan dijanjikan speed sampai dengan 350Mbps download dan 50Mbps upload. Beberapa kali speedtest naik turun, tapi hari ini sudah mulai stabil di 180Mbps ke atas bahkan sempat sentuh 500Mbps.<br><br>tapi gw pakai untuk download update macos cuma dapat 1Mbps, mungkin dibatasi sama server apple.<br>
<p>Almost 4 <a href="/tags/starlink/" rel="tag">#StarLink</a> satellites fall back to Earth every day and they rain out aluminum oxide into the stratosphere which destroys the ozone layer. These microsatellites are more and mire problematic with every article I read.</p><p><a href="https://ground.news/article/elon-musk-starlinks-satellites-threaten-the-atmosphere-they-risk-polluting-the-planet" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="ground.news/article/elon-musk-starlinks-satellites-threaten-the-atmosphere-they-risk-polluting-the-planet"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ground.news/article/elon-musk-</span><span class="invisible">starlinks-satellites-threaten-the-atmosphere-they-risk-polluting-the-planet</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/musk/" rel="tag">#Musk</a><br><a href="/tags/pollution/" rel="tag">#pollution</a><br><a href="/tags/nightsky/" rel="tag">#NightSky</a><br><a href="/tags/satellites/" rel="tag">#satellites</a></p>
<p>Berlin has been paying for Ukraine's access to a satellite-internet network operated by France's Eutelsat as Europe seeks alternatives to Elon Musk’s Starlink.</p><p>From current sub 1000 terminals, Eutelsat is looking at around 5,000 to 10,000 "within weeks".</p><p><a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/germany-funds-eutelsat-internet-ukraine-musk-tensions-rise-2025-04-04/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/germany-funds-eutelsat-internet-ukraine-musk-tensions-rise-2025-04-04/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.reuters.com/business/media</span><span class="invisible">-telecom/germany-funds-eutelsat-internet-ukraine-musk-tensions-rise-2025-04-04/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/ukraine/" rel="tag">#Ukraine</a> <a href="/tags/russia/" rel="tag">#Russia</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#EU</a> <a href="/tags/germany/" rel="tag">#Germany</a> <a href="/tags/starlink/" rel="tag">#Starlink</a> <a href="/tags/eutelsat/" rel="tag">#Eutelsat</a> <a href="/tags/france/" rel="tag">#France</a></p>
<p>Microsoft Hooked the Government on Its Products With Freebies. Could Elon Musk’s Starlink Be Doing the Same?<br>—</p><p>The tech billionaire and Trump adviser “donated” Starlink service to the White House. The move resembles a previous maneuver by Microsoft, which used “free” trials to lock in costly upgrades across the federal government.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-starlink-trump-white-house-spacex-microsoft?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-starlink-trump-white-house-spacex-microsoft?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/elo</span><span class="invisible">n-musk-starlink-trump-white-house-spacex-microsoft?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/musk/" rel="tag">#Musk</a> <a href="/tags/elonmusk/" rel="tag">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="/tags/starlink/" rel="tag">#Starlink</a> <a href="/tags/microsoft/" rel="tag">#Microsoft</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#Tech</a></p>
<p>"For two decades, spacefaring nations have operated under a simple rule: any satellite sent into orbit must have a less than one in 10,000 chance of injuring someone on the ground. The rule was written when a few dozen objects reentered the atmosphere each year. By early 2026, with more than 9,000 <a href="/tags/starlink/" rel="tag">#Starlink</a> satellites in orbit and filings for constellations totaling over 70,000 spacecraft, that arithmetic no longer holds."</p><p><a href="https://indiandefencereview.com/starlink-satellites-falling-nonstop-to-earth-risk/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="indiandefencereview.com/starlink-satellites-falling-nonstop-to-earth-risk/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">indiandefencereview.com/starli</span><span class="invisible">nk-satellites-falling-nonstop-to-earth-risk/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/space/" rel="tag">#Space</a> <a href="/tags/satellites/" rel="tag">#Satellites</a> <a href="/tags/spaceenvironment/" rel="tag">#SpaceEnvironment</a></p>