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Re:SpaceX Sells 10% Stake to Google, Fidelity for $1B by Crito on Tuesday January 20, 2015 @05:33PM (#8920132)
That article is about satellite internet using geostationary satellites. Those satellites are as much as 200 times farther away than satellites in LEO.

22,236 miles up, opposed to LEO which starts at about 100 miles up.

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Re:SpaceX Sells 10% Stake to Google, Fidelity for $1B by throwaway90999 on Tuesday January 20, 2015 @08:07PM (#8920864)
Yes I am aware. I am discussing the replies above me, not the article.
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