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Re:Starlink Beta Has Outperformed Most Internet in the US by colechristensen on Tuesday November 03, 2020 @04:36AM (#24977995)
Coverage is incomplete as they’re not nearly done deploying satellites. Satellite TV comes from single satellites orbiting in geosynchronous orbit, way out there where the orbital period is exactly one day.

Starlink satellites are a swarm which operates in a low earth orbit with a period of around 90 minutes, you’re constantly changing satellites much like a cell phone switches towers as you drive.

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