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Re:SpaceX Starlink average speedtest is 42.3Mbps down / 9.7 ... by iso947 on Thursday August 27, 2020 @04:55AM (#24291474)
Yes that’s a few more years before then, and the more sats the more capacity and the lower the latency.
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Re:SpaceX Starlink average speedtest is 42.3Mbps down / 9.7 ... by raducu on Thursday August 27, 2020 @05:37AM (#24291737)
What is the lifetime of a SpaceX satellite?

Judging from their high launch cadence, it seems satellite-satellite communication was just a means to excite the fanboys and motivate their employees, the same way the peddle the Mars stuff.

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