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Skill Tree
A Starlink Network and Topology progression from public data and RF basics to routing, laser mesh scheduling, traffic engineering, and digital-twin capstones.
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PHASE 1
Foundation - Algebra 2 + Trig
Public Data
TLE · OEM · FCC filings
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RF Units
dB · EIRP · FSPL
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Phased Arrays
Beam steering · scan loss
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Gateways + POPs
Feeder links · egress
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ISP Routing
BGP · IS-IS · MPLS/SR
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C++ Basics
Parsing · tests · CMake
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Modules 01-03 ProjectStarlink Access and Ground Model - parse public data, compute access-link geometry, and choose gateway/POP egress.
complete trigonometry and begin pre-calculus
PHASE 2
Acceleration - Pre-Calc to Calc II Intro
Variable Links
Handover · outages
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Transport
TCP · QUIC · recovery
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Link Budgets
Ku · Ka · E-band
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Rain Fade
Availability · diversity
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Beam Scheduler
MCS · ACM · QoS
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Direct to Cell
LTE · eNodeB · roaming
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C++ Concurrency
Sockets · threads
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Modules 04-07 ProjectVariable-Capacity Access Network Simulator - handover, link budget, scheduler, and Direct to Cell models.
complete calculus ii, calculus iii, and linear algebra
PHASE 3
Depth - Calc III + Linear Algebra + Optimization
Constellation Routing
Shells · snapshots
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Graph Paths
Dijkstra · k-shortest
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Optical ISL
Lasers · pointing
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Laser Scheduler
Limited terminals · churn
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Topology Controller
SR policy · APIs
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Traffic Engineering
LP · utilization
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C++ Systems
Eigen · BGL · gRPC
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Modules 08-10 ProjectStarlink Topology Controller - route, schedule laser links, and optimize traffic across the space/ground graph.
complete probability, statistics, graph theory, and optimization
PHASE 4
Mastery - Reliability + Graph Optimization
Routing Security
BGP · RPKI · policy
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Resilience Stats
Availability · failures
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Anomaly Detection
Jamming · telemetry
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Graph Optimization
Flows · ILP · online
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Digital Twin
Telemetry · incidents
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Modules 11-12 ProjectStarlink Network Digital Twin - validate route changes and simulate service impact under failures.
choose two portfolio capstones
CAPSTONE
Module 12 - Choose 2
Routing Simulator
Shells · OISL · latency
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Gateway Optimizer
POP egress · peering
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Direct-to-Cell
LTE · backhaul
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Laser Scheduler
OISL assignment
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Digital Twin
Ops · telemetry
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