Re:Elon Musk tweets using SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet
by woah on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @12:30PM
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It follows pretty logically from any kind of work in the wireless business. There’s a very direct correlation between transmitter altitude, and how likely it is that the transmitter will be able to connect to any given client. It follows that the best transmitter is one that is in space, which is why communications were one of the first commercial uses of satellites.
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