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Re:Elon Musk tweets using SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet by ohitsdom on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @12:56PM (#21325923)
Since these satellites are in low earth orbit, the satellites currently overhead will be changing very frequently. It's possible the satellites will actually not transmit at all over certain countries. The receivers will also know their location based on what's currently overhead.

This is all technical assumptions at this point since the service isn't rolled out, but being in LEO instead of GEO simplifies things greatly.

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Re:Elon Musk tweets using SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet by gizmo385 on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @04:28PM (#21328182)
> but being in LEO instead of GEO simplifies things greatly

It may simplify some things, but it also introduces lots of complications like managing satellite handovers, telemetry tracking for thousands of satellites, accident avoidance in space, etc.

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Re:Elon Musk tweets using SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet by ohitsdom on Thursday October 24, 2019 @08:12AM (#21343800)
Absolutely. I meant simplifying in response to the OP's question- detecting a receiver's location.
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