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Re:SpaceX Is Launching 60 Starlink Internet Satellites Tonight by paulsutter on Wednesday May 15, 2019 @11:06PM (#19925814)
The speed of light in a fiber is only about 2/3 of the speed of light in a vacuum. Plus satellite to satellite is line of sight vs zig-zagging around property rights-of-way in the ground.
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