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Re:SpaceX wants to launch 100k more Starlink satellites – fo... by bigfatkitten on Monday July 13, 2026 @06:32AM (#48890559)
And because getting heavy plant up through a mountain range to dig trenches etc is a pain in the arse. It’s easier to do it along a main road.
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Re:SpaceX wants to launch 100k more Starlink satellites – fo... by db48x on Monday July 13, 2026 @04:21PM (#48898254)
If you were smart about it then you wouldn’t go up in the mountains in the first place. To get the lowest possible latency you want a straight shot, so obviously you should just bore your way through at the level of the plains on either side.
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