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Re:Japan’s SoftBank Invests $1B in Satellite Startup OneWeb by ChuckMcM on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @01:02AM (#13217832)
1996[1] to 2016 which puts it 20 years before its time (maybe). Given solar cells and battery tech an airplane at 100K feet makes a lot more sense and seems to have much easier maintenance mechanisms (land the plane periodically).

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teledesic

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Re:Japan’s SoftBank Invests $1B in Satellite Startup OneWeb by manarth on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @07:45AM (#13219316) 

  easier maintenance mechanisms
It might cost more to put into orbit than to put up in a plane, but once there, satellites don't tend to need maintenance.
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