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Re:SpaceX is buying communications smallsat operator Swarm T... by bpodgursky on Sunday August 08, 2021 @01:44AM (#28104472)
Other than the sat-to-sat communications (which starlink is also planning) is there any real difference between the product offerings? Seems like a reasonable theory.
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Re:SpaceX is buying communications smallsat operator Swarm T... by apendleton on Sunday August 08, 2021 @11:54AM (#28107615)
Very different in the details. I commented above, but tldr: Starlink is suitable for high-bandwidth applications but requires a complicated, high-power antenna. Swarm is only suitable for very-low-bandwidth applications (IoT), but can get by with very simple hardware. They're not really competitors.
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