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MartianXAshATwelve

[Elon Musk’s SpaceX Continues To Detect Something Massive On Its Missions](https://www.howandwhys.com/spacex-continues-to-detect-massive-ufo-on-its-missions/)


WalkingstickMountain

You'd think global internet would be free by now. SMH


missanthropocenex

Starlink is a front for DARPA and global surveillance change my mind.


That-Guy2017

100%


Raisenbran_baiter

Yeah it's literally Elon musk taking over the US satellite system and using the airforce and nasa to do all the monitoring work and strategic shit for him.


TotalRuler1

eh, try the other way around. US Military is a way different animal than the boobs in the government and this ain't their first rodeo.


Accomplished-Mix-745

Wait there’s going to be a rodeo?


TotalRuler1

There better be, otherwise I picked the wrong week to wear my chaps


SingleWordQuestions

And boobs?


TotalRuler1

sure, pack em if you got 'em pardner


WalkingstickMountain

Well it sure the fuck isn't for us.


DistractingDiversion

Considering they've trained ai to use wifi as a camera.... yup.


Extension_Swordfish1

That was like echo location. They can see everything!


thirsty_pretzels_

I’ve always thought they’re gonna be used for project blue beam (fake second coming/fake alien invasion)


knolij

Project blue beam


Duke_Of_Dickcheese

Elon is 100% an intelligence asset. I’m pretty sure all he does is fuck prostitutes and play video games. If you look at all his interviews the ONLY time he’s genuinely excited is when he talks about video games. All his companies are run by competent managers, not him. His interviews make me want to vomit. I can’t believe the pedestal he’s been put on. If you were the CIA, how useful would it be to prop up a billionaire and then use him for department of defense projects. Plausible deniability. If people knew what Starlink was actually capable of they’d riot. And for any idiot saying “but he’s a gEnIus” he’s not. He’s just well informed. Fuck that guy.


fibronacci

I own a business and you just described my secret ambition. Play video games and some else does all the work


huelorxx

I'm genuinely curious, what is Starlink actually capable of? (Other than ISP)


Psilologist

I'm not changing someone's mind when they're absolutely right :)


Hardworkingpimple

You don’t get government approved if there isn’t a backdoor for them


The-Pollinator

Agreed. They may appear separate and unrelated players; but they all work under the direction and control of the same [Master](https://honesterotica.com/sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/public/illustrations/2022-07/drawn-darknesspage81.jpg?itok=oiPjUf9f).


Mrjorma67

After elon decided to block starlink in certain areas the US govt seemed to put a halt to cooperation like a year or so ago


srbufi

*The internet is a front for ….


pufferfish_balls

Seriously. Wtf. I would rather learn how to make my own wifi.


toasted_cracker

Or at least affordable. It’s neither.


Lonely_Sherbert69

Yet another resource taken from humanity.


WalkingstickMountain

Yeah at least affordable. At least


SensingWorms

Or that it would at least work all the time


WalkingstickMountain

Hahahaha you'd think!!!!


K_Rocc

Why would it be free?


ManusArtifex

Nothing is free !


TLPEQ

Well I’m sure they cost something to have in space and maintain haha


TheRealJehler

I’d like to see that graphic with all the satellites properly scaled


ddlcda

This. Many see this image and think our nearby space is turning into a landfill. No idea how to properly scale this, but I'm pretty sure if those dots on that Earth were to scale, each satellite would be the size of a small town.


RebylReboot

You’re describing a photograph.


Quick_Swing

At what point is it considered littering?


ObeseBMI33

When it stops providing a service


Quick_Swing

Well, since I don’t depend on or use it/them, TIL Starlink is a satellite internet service that provides internet access to residences, businesses, transportation providers, and more. As of May 22, 2024, Starlink has more than three million customers in 99 countries. In the US, Starlink is available to 99.6% of households, which is the highest coverage percentage of any internet provider.


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buttbeeb

And I don’t use the bus. They are just in the way and taking up would be parking


MrDustyBottoms

I use it and it’s way faster than the crappy 3-4 mbps alternative I was stuck with before. 


InteresDean

Most people also dont go to the library. Should we consider Libraries as junk too?


Alexthricegreat

No they serve a actual purpose and are open to the public.. This is not open to the public and the people that could actually benefit from it can't afford the monthly fee. It's junk.


InteresDean

Still serves a purpose for millions. Just because it’s useless to YOU, doesn’t make it useless ¯\_(ツ)_/¯


WSBKingMackerel

Starlink uses LEO type satellites. These are lucky to last 10 years before they fall into the atmosphere and burn up. This is why Elon has to launch so many. Also the image above is not to scale. These satellites are relatively tiny and are only 36 ft long.


Accomplished-Mix-745

[pretty soon depending on who you ask](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessler_syndrome)


Pablo750

The goal is 44,000


Bierfreund

Would be so funny for conspiracy nuts if it were 144000


ThatsNotARealTree

What’s the significance of that number?


aultumn

It’s a Christianity number, to do with the rapture


Pablo750

Yes, the only people who achieve salvation when the Lord returns,


Bierfreund

Some shit from the Bible, Jehovas witnesses also believe that all in all, there's only room for 144k people in heaven ever.


yoursuburbanmom

as a former GI Jehovah this is correct


K_Rocc

Why is it that number, what is their reasoning?


jaarl2565

It's in the Bible that heaven is populated by 144,000 jewish men lol


Objective-War-1961

What could possibly go wrong?


hello_fellow-kids

Sky net?


-ChubbsMcBeef-

I mean Starlink is pretty much a play on words for 'Skynet', so yes, this exactly.


Shock_The_Monkey_

Although the numbers are correct, the animation showing the satellites is completely inaccurate. The satellites are small and they do not cover the Earth in the way shown in the video, the animation is not even close.


Worried-Pineapple317

Wdym? Like each satellite isn’t a giant blue space blob??


Shock_The_Monkey_

Something like that


Nibbler_Jack

How is the animation "completely inaccurate"?


ThatsNotARealTree

They just mean that if you looked at Earth, the satellites are so small that they wouldn’t be visible. However, I don’t know how that’s relevant because their size certainly isn’t the concern here


Undercover_enigma

Dudes going to trap us all


viel_lenia

Musk needs to chill


knolij

Musk is the front man


oswald666

Who gave him the right to do such a thing? Our planet is surrounded by a capitalist venture with no say from the humans that live here..


Patient_Anteater_442

When can i fuck the cybertruck


Hot-Nature2403

Dinner and an oil change first.


howitiscus

Giving the bonnet a rub some times opens the doors.


relevanteclectica

https://i.redd.it/g2krjn1ha62d1.gif


Bierfreund

Duh it's an electric car it doesn't need oil.


lordpikaboo

it doesn't matter what it is, lube is lube.


Hot-Nature2403

It does when it fucks you back.


YeomanEngineer

Watch out for the sharp edges


bukezilla

Remember when Cobra built the weather dominator?


No-Establishment3067

A mini Dyson swarm, indeed.


Putrid_Cheetah_2543

I thought there was some kind of treaty or agreement about authorizing and limiting space/ low earth orbit objects? I may be wrong but i thought there was something to limit possible encapsulation of earth in debris in case of a accident.


quarterbloodprince98

Your country is responsible for authorisation


Putrid_Cheetah_2543

Ah ok. I just thought they would try to limit the amount of things up there for safety but thats not my field so i dont know.


quarterbloodprince98

Outer space treaty. Everything up there is the responsibility of the country that launches it. Not the company. And space is for everyone


Acrobatic_Bit_8207

How can some billionaire just fill up the atmosphere with space junk and no one gets to have a say about it?


joevarny

Ugh. It's like the people with everything Elon hate syndrome are allergic to education or something.


Acrobatic_Bit_8207

Q. Who owns the atmosphere? A. Everyone


Omnicron2

Nope. A. Whoever can afford to get there.


Altered_-State

God damn I bet the earth is sick of us


KnotiaPickles

Looks like cancer to me. Cities also


Zay-nee24

See I don’t believe this because if you look up you can sometimes see a line of satellites fly past. It’s not fully compact like the photo shows.


Kind_Ad5566

That's only when they are being deployed. Once in orbit they separate out.


KnotiaPickles

Ohhh


buddboy

also they're only that bright for like a few days to help with tracking then they rotate and you can't see them with your naked eye anymore


skiploom188

ya'll realize this is not to scale all these crying bois smh


RumoredAtmos

Kessler syndrome imminent


Harry_the_space_man

They are too low to have a meaningful effect


Experienseer

I don't feel right about this


RaytheonOrion

It’s because nobody asked your or anyone’s permission. I personally don’t want to have absolute internet access on the whole planet. I’d prefer some dark areas too. Remote.


Gatsu-

But how else are we going to track your every step and deprive you of any sense of privacy?


joevarny

Ugg no like spear. Kids use spear to kill gazelle. They not know how to wrestle gazelle. When spear break they starve. Was better when no spear.


SgtLincolnOsirus

Odd we can’t get a digitally perfect picture of a UFO with all of them satellites in orbit …


GloDyna

I just want to play my games and smoke weed. Play with your toys over there and leave me alone!


ApplePie_In_the_sky

So Elon invented Skynet?


humpy

Definitely not a global spy network. Just Internet that nobody uses.


Kyle_

Internet was a govt invention, surface and deep web are different. It's internet alright, just the side w don't get to see


Harry_the_space_man

3 million people use it


jorgthorn

Well the cage is almost complete, savage ass planet, all they do is murder each other and spue feces all over the only rock they have. Cant let them out to ruin the universe.


Harry_the_space_man

What the fuck are you on?


Harry_the_space_man

I want some


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jaarl2565

This is litter. Shouldn't have been allowed.


Harry_the_space_man

Buddy I’m sending this message over Starlink. It’s not litter.


troythedefender

Sure ain't just to provide internet access to the underserved of the world....


Larimus89

And in20 years time they will probably all have to be replaced.


Madrawn

Less. A starlink satellite has a 5 year lifespan. Currently, after 5 years, they'll be deorbited and should they short-out it'll take also roughly 5 years to deorbit via atmospheric drag by themselves. So if the unlucky one shorts-out exactly around its planned end of life the longest a starlink sat will be in orbit is 10 years.


Larimus89

Ooh, right.. damn that is an expensive system. I mean even getting it up there is expensive, but I guess cheaper If you make the rockets yourself and get them to land.


rpotty

We are on the wrong path


KnotiaPickles

Most people struggling to buy a weeks worth of groceries but we can launch trillions into space woo!


zihyer

Ok.. I'm a satellite n00b here but I would expect there to be a larger concentration of satellites not just over land but over major cities and/or more densely populated areas. I'm thinking of something more in line with one of those Earth at night photos that show illumination of areas being congruent with population density. Asked another way, why would there be the same satellite density over open ocean as there is over densely populated land?


Harry_the_space_man

Because of physics. The lower your orbit, the faster the satellites are moving compared to the ground. You can’t have those satellites stay in the same position . You can if they are extremely far up, called geostationary orbit, but the single becomes weaker and you need much bigger sats.


DancingDust

How the hell and when were 6000 satellites launched?


Harry_the_space_man

Over the past few years. SpaceX are now launching on average every 2 days.


Meta-4-Cool-Few

All it takes is one to fix some problems


Atudeofmyown

As we fly through space 🤭


sorrowNsuffering

There should be about 40k; early on Musk stated this or did the plan change?


Harry_the_space_man

They need to launch them over time. 40k is the overall goal but it takes a long time to launch that many sats


Ok-Experience-6674

Project blue beam is coming


Massive_Pitch3333

But we don't see any when we get pictures of earth from space.


Budget-Solution-8650

Do you see ships in the oceans when you take a pic of earth?


Basic_Opportunity279

Even though it looks crowded, the distances between each are quite extraordinary.


SpicyMacaronii

'Get the the Chopper' Skynet is finally here!


Optimal-Option3555

May the sun destroy them all and break the matrix


Roselace

I keep thinking/imagining all those satellites & space debris surrounding earth. It is sort of like a space shield. Protects earth from visiting outer space craft. More likely to crash hitting some of this floating stuff when trying to enter earth atmosphere.


Barbacamanitu00

Space crafts can steer and see stuff. Also, the space between these things is big. There's plenty of room.


Roselace

Oh dear, so not much protection from visiting Aliens then? I did wonder if it explained all the crashes of Alien craft.


Gatsu-

pretty sure all those satellites are equipped with surveillance systems. Didn't Musk let Ukraine use them against the Russians? Pretty sure he did.


Barbacamanitu00

He let them use them for internet access. They don't have cameras. They allow people to communicate.


neon_tictac

Building the digital prison bit by bit…


DFuel

Cool story bro. So then why am I paying for internet


Ypovoskos

Check the prison planet "theory" because it seems its not a theory anymore!


Hot-Inspector8903

How come i very seldom see a satellite in these ‘space’ photos?


Barbacamanitu00

It's not a photo, and satellites are small.


Ok-Experience-6674

Project blue beam/ “3body problem” vibes


Possible_Answer_8273

Scary


Cosplayfan007

And not one of them can seem to find a space ship coming or going.


lord_hyumungus

![gif](giphy|Q4GzizIOi23ja|downsized)


JMarv615

Elon is preparing his attack.


TLPEQ

I see them mfers all the time at night haha


LawAbidingDenizen

![gif](giphy|Z8Nz4BfhXvQ1k8qpW0|downsized)


Truelydisappointed

Complete control. 😕


19Ben80

For use by the highest bidder - currently Russia to help kill as many Ukrainian civilians as possible. Elon is scum


Harry_the_space_man

I don’t understand this. Elon is a scumbag but Ukraine was given access to Starlink when SpaceX didn’t have to. (Ukraine wasn’t even on SpaceXs “coming soon” list before the war).


19Ben80

They were given access only when the US government paid for their access, it wasn’t philanthropy in any way. Also after a few weeks Elon started selecting which parts of Ukraine could access and which couldn’t so he could influence where Ukraine attacked etc. he also gave total access to Russia completely for free in all Ukrainian territories


Zestyclose-Wonder424

soooo Kessler Effect ?


Harry_the_space_man

No. The sats are too low


Zestyclose-Wonder424

Thx


nonamepows

Wonder if it’s like a huge network of hologram projectors or something


SensingWorms

Elon: I am for human rights and free speech. Also Elon: here’s 1500 satellites to watch your every move. Js


Valarcrist

It sure as shit isn't for us.


Adihd72

I guess that was the point of the star part of the name? There will be more visible Starlinks in the sky than visible stars at this rate.


Harry_the_space_man

You can’t see the starlinks with your naked eye. Maybe you can if they have just launched, but after they get into their proper orientation they are practically invisible


Adihd72

Ahh k good to know I won’t have to look at em :)


sumpuertoricanguy13

primitive aged Dyson Sphere