Starlink satellites hindering detection of near-Earth asteroids, study finds

Re:Starlink satellites hindering detection of near-Earth ast... by me_me_me on Friday January 21, 2022 @08:05AM (#30022901)

What?? Noooo... they would only have to launch indefinitely something like 10 rockets a month to keep replacing aging nodes, I am sure that is financially viable way to compete with a copper/fibre cable -_-

The tech works, its just completely non feasible. Geosync satelites can give you global access with handful of satelites.

Trans-sea cables give you cheap and quick connection speeds.

Starlink is middle of the road solution that solves both problems are immense costs.

I can only imagine high frequency traders being able to afford it vs utilise the advantage of the latencies.

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Re:Starlink satellites hindering detection of near-Earth ast... by ericd on Friday January 21, 2022 @08:18AM (#30023067)

It’s certainly not going to require 10 starships/month. And they’re aiming to get those down to <$10M/starship launch.

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Re:Starlink satellites hindering detection of near-Earth ast... by vkou on Friday January 21, 2022 @02:38PM (#30028878)

HFTs use direct, point-to-point terrestrial connections. They rarely need to send trades out of <middle of nowhere, that does not have a fiber link>.

They've already optimized the hell out of their latency, to a ridiculous level.

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