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SpaceX Seattle 2015

Cliff O · 45.6K views · 2015-01-17 · 25:54

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Overview

Full recording of Elon Musk's January 2015 presentation and Q&A at the SpaceX Seattle office announcement. He lays out plans for a satellite constellation to provide low-latency global internet, tied to funding Mars ambitions. Pauses between questions have been edited out.

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It is the primary source for the original Starlink concept, so commenters cite it for Musk's stated goals on latency, hops, pricing and timelines.

Recommended by 2 HN people across 2 months · HN mentions 2015–2024

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andrewtbham · 2016-11 · Recommendation

no one saw it coming? they anounced this in 2015. Here is a video where elon explains the system very well in 2015. [VIDEO]

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matznerd · 2015-04 · Recommendation

Elon covered all of this and more during the launch of the SpaceX Seattle offices. He pretty much goes over the entire game plan in this video -> [VIDEO]

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schiffern · 2024-11 · Reference

Not really feasible. The only reason Starlink DTC works is because it's not trying to supply coverage inside dense cities. Musk mentions this in the very first announcement of Starlink. [VIDEO]

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