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Re:The Boring Company raises $112M from Musk, early employees by throwaway84742 on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @09:30AM (#16858068)
Satellite internet is not new. Flying and controlling thousands of satellites most definitely is new, however.
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Re:The Boring Company raises $112M from Musk, early employees by rohit2412 on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @09:34AM (#16858096)
Viaweb, oneweb etc do this. And it may be an operational challenge, not nothing revolutionary
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Re:The Boring Company raises $112M from Musk, early employees by throwaway84742 on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @09:48AM (#16858225)
Nobody flies thousands of satellites right now. There are about 1200 satellites in orbit _total_. And nobody controls their satellite constellations fully automatically. And even if OneWeb does end up launching its constellation, this is only viable with a reusable rocket fleet which is manufactured and operated by their main competitor. So I’m skeptical.
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