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Re:One to two Starlink satellites are falling back to Earth ... by nemomarx on Monday October 06, 2025 @02:16PM (#45494393)
Low orbit is how star link is able to achieve their connections, isn't it? I think of they moved to normal telecom orbit the performance would be like normal satellite internet too
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Re:One to two Starlink satellites are falling back to Earth ... by peterfirefly on Monday October 06, 2025 @02:21PM (#45494462)
They originally planned to be about 1100km up. They are currently about 550km up. Plenty of possible layers in between...

Another 500 km won't affect latency much. It'll be around 3 more ms per round trip.

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Re:One to two Starlink satellites are falling back to Earth ... by nemomarx on Monday October 06, 2025 @02:44PM (#45494753)
That's not a bad latency addition, you're right. Good note
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