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Re:With latency as low as 25ms, SpaceX to launch broadband s... by oh_sigh on Wednesday May 03, 2017 @04:14PM (#14259599)
The SpaceX sats at least are planned to be in very LEO. Their orbit will degrade very quickly if left to their own devices. Heck, that might even be the plan. If sats are cheap enough to launch and produce, then each sat can crash into earth after say 2 years.
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Re:With latency as low as 25ms, SpaceX to launch broadband s... by drmpeg on Wednesday May 03, 2017 @05:31PM (#14260327)
1,110km to 1,325km is actually a fairly high orbit. Estimated lifetime is 1000 years.
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