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0 pointsnemomarx7mo ago0 comments

Low orbit is how star link is able to achieve their connections, isn't it? I think of they moved to normal telecom orbit the performance would be like normal satellite internet too

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peterfirefly7mo ago

They originally planned to be about 1100km up. They are currently about 550km up. Plenty of possible layers in between...

Another 500 km won't affect latency much. It'll be around 3 more ms per round trip.

nemomarxOP7mo ago

That's not a bad latency addition, you're right. Good note

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peterfirefly7mo ago

They originally planned to be about 1100km up. They are currently about 550km up. Plenty of possible layers in between...

Another 500 km won't affect latency much. It'll be around 3 more ms per round trip.

nemomarxOP7mo ago

That's not a bad latency addition, you're right. Good note

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