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Re:Realtime Starlink Satellite Map by sacred_numbers on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @10:17PM (#23559126)
A ground station doesn't have to actually be on the ground. They could park a boat in the ocean between London and NYC with equipment to act as a repeater. This YouTube video (along with others on this channel) does a good job of explaining how this could work. [https://youtu.be/m05abdGSOxY]
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Re:Realtime Starlink Satellite Map by kanox on Thursday June 18, 2020 @04:57AM (#23561180)
> They could park a boat in the ocean between London and NYC with equipment to act as a repeater.

They could, but I bet they won't. Speculation is fun but permanent floating platforms are expensive, it's easier to just wait until inter-satellite links.

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