Dish/Direct TV is going Bye Bye Millions soon to Disconnect

It sounds so beautiful.... will it all work?

Then we will be stuck with this view in our evening skies with a line of satellites all lined up around the world.


google image

I guess it will be all worth it...

Roy Ken

RoyB wrote:
Then we will be stuck with this view in our evening skies with a line of satellites all lined up around the world.


google image

I guess it will be all worth it...

Roy Ken

The new ones going up are going to get sunshades to make them dimmer.

Do we have to wait until that line of satellites come back overhead to click again?

Gulfcoast wrote:
Do we have to wait until that line of satellites come back overhead to click again?

I guess once they get all of the 40,000 satellites up and goes around the whole globe they will be in view all the time???

I really haven't been looking for this particular group in our skies here and haven't seen this lineup yet...

Roy Ken

With time they won’t be in a “line” as close together but will spread out. Keep in mind only the northern 1/2 of the US and Canada is going “live” public testing this year and without its full array. Worldwide will take a lot more launches Supposedly you’ll need a 2 foot round plate type dish mounted on the roof with a clear view of at least part of the sky of course.
Yes , Astronomers are having a fit about the visual interference. But it is the future. Sky net is near ,:)
But tinmac is ... optimistic ? With his clickbait..... all of the US will not be accessible this year , not even close but if your in the northern states you may be able to beta test. The full northern array won’t be online just enough to begin “testing” public access.

jorbill2or wrote:
With time they won’t be in a “line” as close together but will spread out. Keep in mind only the northern 1/2 of the US and Canada is going “live” public testing this year and without its full array. Worldwide will take a lot more launches Supposedly you’ll need a 2 foot round plate type dish mounted on the roof with a clear view of at least part of the sky of course.
Yes , Astronomers are having a fit about the visual interference. But it is the future. Sky net is near ,:)

I was thinking they would be inline all the time... Spreading out they will be all over the sky I guess... To me that would be even worse for us stargazers...

I need to read up on the system...

No one got to vote on the system...

Roy Ken

The photo of the sats in line is from shortly after they were deployed and had not started moving to their final altitudes and orbits. They spread out as they relocate.

The full goal is 40,000 table size satellites. At the current 60 per launch it will take about 670 launches .. one a day for 2 years. I’m sure the US can be up and running sooner but the one a day launch ? Not yet In the cards

Gulfcoast wrote:
It sounds so beautiful.... will it all work?

"You will eat, bye and bye
In that glorious land above the sky
Work and pray, live on hay
You'll get pie in the sky when you die.
That's a lie"
Joe Hill aka Elon Musk