The total number of Starlinks exceeded 5,000, and Musk's "conspiracy" surfaced
With the rapid development of space exploration technology, the high frontier of outer space has also become a strategic commanding height for safeguarding security and national interests, and it is safe to say that the development and utilization of space technology in the future will determine who is the real strongest.
At present, many countries are developing space exploration technology, not long ago India sent the **3 spacecraft and successfully landed on the moon, it can be seen that space exploration technology has entered a stage of vigorous development, it depends on who can run in the front.
In the field of space exploration, China and the United States are currently the countries that the outside world is paying the most attention to.
In the field of space exploration, China and the United States have in fact surpassed other countries in terms of strength, and even Russia, the former superpower, is now far behind.
Even more impressively, space exploration is now more than just a national strategy, and many private companies are working in this direction.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk also controls the space transportation company SpaceX, which is right"Starlink"The project has great ambitions.
According to Musk's plan, by 2024, SpaceX will launch 120,000 satellites, with the ultimate goal of launching 420,000 satellites, that's a very difficult number.
According to the latest reports, SpaceX recently completed its 60th launch mission this year at Cape Canaveral"Starlink"The total number of launches exceeded the 5,000 mark.
This means that the goal of completing 12,000 launches by 2024 is almost halfway there.
You must know that the total number of satellites launched by SpaceX last year has exceeded 3,000, which is also the result of Musk's efforts in the past few years, and now, in just over a year, nearly 2,000 new satellites have been added, and the speed is still accelerating.
According to such a launch evolution, even if 1The launch of 20,000 satellites, I don't think it's too far.
And as the number of satellites launched increases, Musk's conspiracy also begins to surface.
Last year, it was reported that SpaceX, as a private company, actually provided Ukraine with a large number of satellite communication equipment during the Russia-Ukraine conflict, and also helped Ukraine provide high-speed Internet services.
It is precisely because of this that Ukraine has not been intimidated by Russia, which is several times stronger, and even a year and a half have passed, and the war is still not over.
For this situation, Putin is helpless, it can be seen that Musk's"Interstellar link"Helped Ukraine a lot.
In fact, long before the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Musk had already emphasized his military ambitions.
Because SpaceX received funding from the U.S. Air Force in 2019, and in 2020 it signed an agreement with the U.S. Army to get 1$500 million military satellite development contract.
It was with the support of the military and the United States that Musk decided to increase the number of satellites in the industrial chain from 120,000 increased to 420,000 of them, with the goal of encircling the entire low-earth orbit.
It's terrible, to give a simple example, by the end of 2022, the total number of spacecraft in orbit in the world was only 7,218, and now Musk has sent more than 5,000, more than half of the number in orbit.
In other words, Musk has seized a lot of near-Earth space resources.
If Musk really completes the mission of launching 42,000 satellites into space, then Musk will have full control over space assets, and all future space operations will be monitored by Musk and the United States.
It is even possible that if any country dares to disobey the orders of the United States, it can make a collision by turning the orbit of a satellite, as described in "The Wandering Earth", using the space station to hit Jupiter.
If Musk's ambitions are realized, the United States will live up to its name"Space overlord"。
With Musk's 42,000 satellites monitoring over our heads every day, there will be no secrets on Earth.
Fortunately, China has not stood idly by in the face of Musk and the ambitions of the United States, and in 2021, China will launch a Chinese version codenamed GW"Starlink", launching about 13,000 satellites into near-Earth space.
According to Space Bank, it will choose the right time in the second half of 2023 to launch a new generation of self-developed stackable flat panel satellites, which will take advantage of the layout of the GW constellation system.
I also hope that the Chinese version of Starlink can be landed as soon as possible, because according to international standards, layout is a key point.
Now that Musk has sent more than 5,000 satellites, space resources will become more and more scarce, so we should not wait for the entire Starlink to be deployed before acting.
Whether from a civilian or military point of view, when Musk's Starlink program is finally completed, it is bound to strengthen the global military power of the United States.
At that point, there will be very little resources available in space, so capturing low-Earth orbit resources is imperative and can no longer be postponed. What are your thoughts on this?