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0 pointspanick21_2y ago0 comments

I don't think so. As per sat cost goes down, you can add a few sats on a specific polar orbit that covers that area perfectly. Japan uses that kind of polar orbit.

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jessriedel2y ago

Are you talking about QZSS? That's a Tundra-style geosynchronous orbit, not a polar orbit. Such orbits are much too distant from Earth's surface for them to be usable with Starlink.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tundra_orbit

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quasi-Zenith_Satellite_System

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