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A comment on SpaceX’s Starlink near-misses with other spacecraft are getting ‘out of control’.

Re:SpaceX’s Starlink near-misses with other spacecraft are g... by 762236 on Friday August 20, 2021 @03:02PM (#28250042)
SpaceX chose a low orbit so that atmosphere would eventually clean up any problems.
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Re:SpaceX’s Starlink near-misses with other spacecraft are g... by CydeWeys on Friday August 20, 2021 @03:11PM (#28250143)
Also for lower pings. Starlink only wants LPBs.
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Re:SpaceX’s Starlink near-misses with other spacecraft are g... by Diederich on Friday August 20, 2021 @03:14PM (#28250180)
> LPBs

Can you expand on that if you have a moment? Thanks.

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Re:SpaceX’s Starlink near-misses with other spacecraft are g... by jayd16 on Friday August 20, 2021 @03:17PM (#28250211)
Low Ping Bastards. A term used when lower ping gives you an advantage in a networked game.
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Re:SpaceX’s Starlink near-misses with other spacecraft are g... by h2odragon on Friday August 20, 2021 @03:18PM (#28250232)
Low Ping Bastard

The person who runs the quake server can shoot you 5 times before your shot hits the server. Mostly mitigated by what, quake 3 era?

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Re:SpaceX’s Starlink near-misses with other spacecraft are g... by tgsovlerkhgsel on Friday August 20, 2021 @03:33PM (#28250398)
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=lpb would be my guess
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