Starlink Direct to Cell

Re:Starlink Direct to Cell by est31 on Monday November 25, 2024 @02:22AM (#42233982)

Is it really required to be an LEO constellation? It would certainly be good, so that eventually the satellites deorbit and contribute less to Kesseler syndrome risk. But some nation state might chose to not care about that and deploy at higher and more stable orbits.

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Re:Starlink Direct to Cell by Sander_Marechal on Monday November 25, 2024 @03:38AM (#42234372)

Higher orbits also mean more latency and slower speeds.

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Re:Starlink Direct to Cell by martyvis on Monday November 25, 2024 @03:36AM (#42234358)

LEO means less RF power and lower latency.

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Re:Starlink Direct to Cell by sneak on Monday November 25, 2024 @03:22PM (#42239803)

Yes. We had satellite internet services before and they sucked bad due to latency. Space is big and light is slow.

Also, more people per satellite, so less capacity per person.

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