# Starlink Links: [[SpaceX]] ### "SpaceX will not bring the Starlink satellite service to this country, at least for now" [Source](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/gadgets-news/spacex-will-not-bring-the-starlink-satellite-service-to-this-country-at-least-for-now/articleshow/87784347.cms): [[The Times of Indea]] More comments: This is why I don't think the Starlink censorship-proof features will amount to much, at least as relates to major powers, and China in particular. Maybe for Uganda though, sure ([source](https://twitter.com/andreamatranga/status/1478794015403175937?t=Ug9FXlpscYV8IqcpZ3y8XA&s=19)) ### Actually costs over $1000 to produce, despite being sold for $500 - Source: [Techcrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2021/06/29/spacex-is-losing-money-on-its-starlink-terminals-but-sees-lower-costs-ahead/) Musk notes: No previous LEO constellation has not gone bankrupt ### Coverage http://orbitalindex.com/feature/starlink-coverage/ - Basically the whole earth except the poles + one section in East Africa ![[Screen Shot 2021-12-14 at 2.54.52 PM.png]] ### [SpaceX Starlink satellites responsible for over half of close encounters in orbit, scientist says](https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-satellite-collision-alerts-on-the-rise) *Starlink satellites might soon be involved in 90% of close encounters between two spacecraft in low Earth orbit.* [[Space.com]] on [[2021-08-18]] ### [Chinese Researchers Publish Strategy to Destroy Elon Musk's Starlink](https://gizmodo.com/spacex-starlink-china-military-1848982845) *China is increasingly worried about SpaceX's dominance of low Earth orbit, and by extension, the expanding reach of the U.S. in space.* [[Gizmodo]] on [[2022-05-27]]