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Re:SpaceX sends laser-linked Starlinks to the polar orbit by extropy on Tuesday January 26, 2021 @04:18AM (#25913890)
SpaceX initially planned to have 5 laser links per satellite but settled with 4. That's 4 separate lasers maintaining contact with 4 neighboring satellites. The two in front and back are nearly stationary. The sides are constant moving though.

http://www.circleid.com/posts/20190906_inter_satellite_laser...

Re:SpaceX sends laser-linked Starlinks to the polar orbit by snoshy on Tuesday January 26, 2021 @02:53PM (#25920321)
Interesting, wasn't aware of this. Thanks for the link!