The Starlink Project

SpaceX is a private American company that designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. The company was founded by Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs to enable the colonization of Mars.

In January 2015, the SpaceX's satellite internet proposal was announced.

Starlink is the name of a satellite network that SpaceX is developing to provide low-cost internet to remote locations. SpaceX eventually hopes to have as many as 12,000 satellites in this so-called megaconstellation, the size and scale of the project have flustered astronomers and amateur skywatchers.

To understand the reason for certain design options and evaluate the performance of the system