Be one of the first 500 people to sign up with this link and get 20% off your subscription with Brilliant.org! https://brilliant.org/realengineering/ New streaming platform: https://watchnebula.com/ Vlog channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMet4qY3027v8KjpaDtDx-g Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=2825050&ty=h Facebook: http://facebook.com/realengineering1 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brianjamesmcmanus Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/RealEngineering/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/thebrianmcmanus Discord: https://discord.gg/s8BhkmN Get your Real Engineering shirts at: https://standard.tv/collections/real-engineering Credits: Writer/Narrator: Brian McManus Co-Writer: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClZbmi9JzfnB2CEb0fG8iew Editor: Stephanie Sammann (https://www.stephanie-sammann.com/) Animator: Mike Ridolfi (https://www.moboxgraphics.com/) Sound: Graham Haerther (https://haerther.net/) Thumbnail: Simon Buckmaster https://twitter.com/forgottentowel References: References [1] https://www.spacex.com/sites/spacex/files/starlink_mission_press_kit.pdf [2]https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19920022657.pdf [3] https://licensing.fcc.gov/myibfs/download.do?attachment_key=1158350 [4]https://www.submarinecablemap.com/#/submarine-cable/bay-to-bay-express-btobe-cable-system [5] http://www.m2optics.com/blog/bid/70587/Calculating-Optical-Fiber-Latency [6] https://www.commscope.com/Docs/Latency_in_optical_fiber_systems_WP-111432-EN.pdf [7] https://www.nutsvolts.com/magazine/article/how-phased-array-antennas-work [8] https://twitter.com/thesheetztweetz/status/1128793890989985794?s=20 [9] http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10062262/7/Handley_hotnets.pdf [10] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEIUdMiColU [11] https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150924005286/en/Hibernia-Express-Transatlantic-Cable-Route-Connects-New [12] https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-355102A1.pdf https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-18-38A1.pdf [13] http://www.satsig.net/latency.htm [14] https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2018/12/spacex-starlink-satellites-network-will-make-over-50-billion-per-year.html [15] https://www.digisat.org/kymeta-kyway-u7-8w-ku-terminal-with-modem [16] https://www.govtech.com/network/Deploying-5G-Will-Cost-at-Least-130-Billion-in-Fiber-Study-Says.html Thank you to AP Archive for access to their archival footage. Music by Epidemic Sound: http://epidemicsound.com/creator Songs: Particle Attraction - Airae Going, Going - August Wilhelmsson I Think I Was There - Emil Axelsson Rise of the Velcro - Gabriel Lewis We Rebuild - Philip Ayers Discoverers - Frank Jonsson Thank you to my patreon supporters: Adam Flohr, Henning Basma, Hank Green, William Leu, Tristan Edwards, Ken Coltan, Andrew McCorkell, Ian Dundore, John & Becki Johnston. Nevin Spoljaric, Jason Clark, Devin Rathbun, Thomas Barth, Paulo Toyosi Toda Nishimura