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Re:Realtime Starlink Satellite Map by entropicdrifter on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @05:13PM (#23556837)
They're claiming lower latency than existing satellites due to lower altitude orbits and are using more satellites to compensate for the decreased coverage from each satellite.

Presumably this setup would also help with the cloud coverage issue due to the shorter travel distance and higher likelihood of redundant satellites to connect to.

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Re:Realtime Starlink Satellite Map by kitsunesoba on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @05:20PM (#23556919)
To be more precise, some of the lowest flying Starlink satellites will be at 340km, which is very low — lower than the ISS, even. By contrast, traditional internet satellites orbit at ~35,700km.
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Re:Realtime Starlink Satellite Map by nyx_ on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @05:42PM (#23557118)
550km, actually, or 340 miles. Still a couple orders of magnitude closer to Earth than satellites in GSO.
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Re:Realtime Starlink Satellite Map by modeless on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @05:55PM (#23557248)
v2 is planned to have satellites as low as 328 km. https://licensing.fcc.gov/myibfs/download.do?attachment_key=...
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