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Re:SpaceX wants to launch 100k more Starlink satellites – fo... by largbae on Saturday July 11, 2026 @10:25AM (#48872346)
Yes but would these need to be in LEO? I would imagine that they would aim for farther orbits to spend a smaller percentage of their time in Earth's shadow
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Re:SpaceX wants to launch 100k more Starlink satellites – fo... by SoftTalker on Saturday July 11, 2026 @11:00AM (#48872639)
Perhaps there will be communications nodes in LEO with high bandwidth directional links to heavy compute nodes in higher orbits? At some point I would assume that the jurisdiction of the FCC no longer applies? Or maybe you use laser links?

I still cannot believe it's economical to have "data centers in orbit" but I guess the truth will be seen in whether or not it actually happens.

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Re:SpaceX wants to launch 100k more Starlink satellites – fo... by toast0 on Saturday July 11, 2026 @11:49AM (#48873073)
> At some point I would assume that the jurisdiction of the FCC no longer applies?

The FCC has regulatory jurisdiction for communications on US objects in space, regardless of distance from earth.

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Re:SpaceX wants to launch 100k more Starlink satellites – fo... by ben_w on Saturday July 11, 2026 @11:15AM (#48872765)
Depends how cheap they can launch them.

Even very optimistic estimates (by people who aren't Elon Musk) say it will take a decade to get the costs low enough to be worthwhile for LEO; higher orbits are much more expensive.

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