Re:Realtime Starlink Satellite Map
by bryanlarsen on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @05:14PM
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The speed of light in a vacuum is about 50% faster than the speed of light in glass.
But that requires the inter-satellite links be viable, which they aren't yet: the required lasers would survive reentry and they want the satellites to burn up completely on de-orbit so current versions of the satellites don't have them.
And yes, there are significant capacity limitations. Only the truly rural will get good data rates.
But that requires the inter-satellite links be viable, which they aren't yet: the required lasers would survive reentry and they want the satellites to burn up completely on de-orbit so current versions of the satellites don't have them.
And yes, there are significant capacity limitations. Only the truly rural will get good data rates.