Starlink V1.0-L21 Launch 4K Footage

As always, great work, great results, by a thinking GLP member.

Watching it as I type.

It looks like one of those hitachi massage thingamabobs.

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You must have been a long way out to have to use a 6.3. Still great footage but the night blew up the shot with the way high contrast of light and dark.

What mm?

Thanks.

Indeed, thx for sharing, Dr A! Am glad there was good weather for the launch to go off.

Being a teacher now and lookin' back to growing up watching space age era emerge in the 60s, I wish kids could appreciate the leap in tech in such a short time. The youngins take it all for granted, it seems.

Great job Astro! Your tracking software is getting better.

Awesome, thanks. I have a longtime friend who is due to get his SL dish this coming Friday.

Amazing how fast this system is being deployed.

1260 mm. 6.3 is the fastest it will go. It's 2,000 without a reducer.

This is actually running an older version on this telescope, my friends telescope mount next to me was being controlled by the same software but with a new feature that enabled him to remotely control it from out of state. He was tracking the rocket with joysticks from over a thousand miles away.

Thanks Astro - amazing.

Never heard of that lens but well done for sure. Daylight with that must be amazing.

Good job. Thanks.

Well it's really a telescope. I put a t-ring and then a 2" nose piece on the Blackmagic camera to adapt it to the telescope.

It always amazes me how they kinda get the slow start at liftoff and seem to hang there. So Astro a genuine question. What the acceleration? That moment of lift off and clearing the tower what’s the speed (in mph please) I’m always amazed the rocket don’t fall over on that bit.

Cheers

Do you really believe Starlink is what they say it is and being used as described?

Cool stuff. How much does it cost to run a setup like that, ballpark?

Yes and MORE.

The military is already "testing" it, they have been since a few launches in.

They were getting around 600 mbps over it.

You can read all about the tech and the website.

About $400 plus cameras, computer and joysticks of your choosing. The NexStar 4SE is the cheapest telescope that I know of that is compatible with my software.

Yup. And it's not without competition. OneWeb is still trying to survive and get their satellites up, but with a much sparser constellation their maximum bandwidth through the system will probably be much more limited. Even Starlink is not designed to replace ISPs in heavily populated regions, it's designed to replace traditional satellite internet and other low speed options in rural locations.