空中英語教室 2021 SEP. Lesson7 : SPACE 科技資訊
STARLINK Satellite-based, high-speed internet service
Space X 星鏈計畫/透過低軌道衛星群 提供覆蓋全球之高速網際網路
關鍵詞 constellation星座, streak連續, comparable可比, broadband寬帶, fiber-optic光纖
◎STARLINK 星鏈計畫
◎Satellite-based, high-speed internet service 透過低軌道衛星群提供覆全球之高速網際網路
● Satellite (n) 衛星
◎Have you ever gazed into the night sky, looking for constellations and shooting stars?
◎你是否曾凝望著夜空,尋找星宿和流星?
● constellation (n) 星座,星群
· The Southern Cross is a constellation that is very easy to see in the southern sky.
◎Perhaps you've noticed something small and bright streaking across the sky.
◎或許你曾注意到有個小而亮的東西飛掠過天際。
● streak (v) 飛掠:閃現
· If you look carefully, you'll see a little bird streaking back and forth between the flowers.
◎If it has no tail, you are most likely seeing a satellite in low earth orbit (LEO).
◎如果那個亮點沒有尾巴的話,那麼你極有可能看到了一顆低軌道衛星。
● orbit (n) 軌道
◎It was not until mid-2019 that seeing satellites with the naked eye started to become likely.
◎要一直到2019年的年中,才開始有可能單憑肉眼就看到衛星。
● with the naked eye 憑肉眼,以肉眼看
◎On May 23, 2019, Starlink, a division of Elon Musk's SpaceX company, launched 60 internet satellites.
◎2019年5月23日那天,伊隆·馬斯克的Spacex太空探索技術公司旗下分部--星鏈,發射了六十顆網路衛星。
● division (n) 部門
● launch (v)發射
◎This was just the first part of an ambitious plan to bring satellite internet with broadband speeds to people across the globe.
◎在意欲打造全球寬頻高速衛星網路的雄心計畫中,星鏈只是首部曲。
● broadband (a) 寛頻的
◎By keeping the satellites in a low orbit, Starlink can offer a service that is comparable to a cable or fiber-optic network.
◎藉由將衛星保持於近地軌道上,星鏈便得以提供堪比有線或光纖網路的存取服務。
● comparable (a) 可比的·相當的
· We use past sales of comparable properties to determine the value of a house.
● fiber-optic (a) 光學纖維的
◎Satellite internet service isn't a new development.
◎衛星網路服務並非新的科技發展。
◎Communications satellites have provided internet services to people in remote areas since the 1990s.
◎自從1990年代開始,通訊衛星就已經替偏遠地區的民眾提供網路服務。
◎Starlink isn't even the first company to attempt to create a network of low-orbit satellites.
◎星鏈甚至還不是首家企圖打造低軌衛星系統網路的公司;
◎Teledesic, which was funded by Microsoft, tried to do the same thing but went bankrupt in the early 2000s.
◎eledesic這家由微軟出資的公司就曾經嘗試做同一件事,只不過該公司已於2000年代初期宣告破產。
◎Starlink is well on its way to success, however.
◎然而,星鏈正穩穩地走在成功的大道上。
◎By mid-2021, there were well over a thousand operational Starlink satellites in the sky.
◎到了二0二一年年中,天空早就已布滿足足一千多顆作中的星鏈衛星。
● operational (a)運作中的
· I built an operational aircraft out of an old car engine, wood and cloth.
STARLINK
Satellite-based, high-speed internet service
Have you ever gazed into the night sky, looking for constellations and shooting stars? Perhaps you've noticed something small and bright streaking across the sky. If it has no tail, you are most likely seeing a satellite in low earth orbit (LEO). It was not until mid-2019 that seeing satellites with the naked eye started to become likely.
On May 23, 2019, Starlink, a division of Elon Musk's SpaceX company, launched 60 internet satellites. This was just the first part of an ambitious plan to bring satellite internet with broadband speeds to people across the globe.
By keeping the satellites in a low orbit, Starlink can offer a service that is comparable to a cable or fiber-optic network.
Satellite internet service isn't a new development. Communications satellites have provided internet services to people in remote areas since the 1990s.
Starlink isn't even the first company to attempt to create a network of low--orbit satellites. Teledesic, which was funded by Microsoft, tried to do the same thing but went bankrupt in the early 2000s.
Starlink is well on its way to success, however. By mid-2021, there were well over a thousand operational Starlink satellites in the sky.
"SpaceX星鏈計畫"
透過低軌道衛星群提供覆全球之高速網際網路
你是否曾凝望著夜空,尋找星宿和流星?
或許你曾注意到有個小而亮的東西飛掠過天際。
如果那個亮點沒有尾巴的話,那麼你極有可能看到了一顆低軌道衛星。
要一直到2019年的年中,才開始有可能單憑肉眼就看到衛星。
2019年5月23日那天,伊隆·馬斯克的Spacex太空探索技術公司旗下分部--
星鏈,發射了六十顆網路衛星。
在意欲打造全球寬頻高速衛星網路的雄心計畫中,星鏈只是首部曲。
藉由將衛星保持於近地軌道上,星鏈便得以提供堪比有線或光纖網路的存取服務。
衛星網路服務並非新的科技發展。
自從1990年代開始,通訊衛星就已經替偏遠地區的民眾提供網路服務。
星鏈甚至還不是首家企圖打造低軌衛星系統網路的公司;Teledesic這家由微軟出資的
公司就曾經嘗試做同一件事,只不過該公司已於2000年代初期宣告破產。
然而,星鏈正穩穩地走在成功的大道上。
到了2021年年中,天空早就已布滿足足一千多顆作中的星鏈衛星。
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