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Re:SpaceX, T-Mobile to connect satellites to cellphones in r... by solarkraft on Friday August 26, 2022 @04:55AM (#32604838)
Musk has had some failures (FSD, battery replacement, solar roof, satellite laser communication), but also notable successes (supercharger network, landing a rocket).

While this particular idea seems theoretically possible, as far as I know there haven't really been proper tests of it yet. So I could imagine it theoretically working, but being really bad (which may honestly be enough).

There's probably a reason Apple seems to be doing hardware adjustments for their satellite communication.

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Re:SpaceX, T-Mobile to connect satellites to cellphones in r... by Cogito on Friday August 26, 2022 @06:32AM (#32605547)
Satellite laser links have been deployed haven't they? And all new satellites going up have the laser links on them, I thought.
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Re:SpaceX, T-Mobile to connect satellites to cellphones in r... by panick21_ on Friday August 26, 2022 @09:05PM (#32614524)
Not sure how battery replacement is a failure? They got some money to do it, decided it was not worth doing, so they didn't. I mean that's not really a technological failure, but simple a good business choice.

Laser links exist.

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Re:SpaceX, T-Mobile to connect satellites to cellphones in r... by itsoktocry on Friday August 26, 2022 @07:55AM (#32606171)
>Musk has had some failures (FSD, battery replacement, solar roof, satellite laser communication), but also notable successes (supercharger network, landing a rocket).

Yeah, of all the projects of Musk's to be skeptical of, this one seems the most plausible and mundane.

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