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What do you mean? Satellites are either geostationary or not. If they are not geostationary you need a network of them and complex ground equipment. If they ar
by johansch 11y ago
What do you mean?
Satellites are either geostationary or not. If they are not geostationary you need a network of them and complex ground equipment. If they are geostationary, they incur a ping latency of a few hundred milliseconds making them worthless for modern mass Internet usage. Either way, bandwidth is quite limited compared to what is flowing through fibers today.
Also: I am pretty certain US, Russia and China by now are able to kill satellites at will, geostationary or not.
- slavik81 11y ago"The [2007 Chinese anti-satellite missile test] is the largest recorded creation of space debris in history with at least 2,317 pieces of trackable size (golf ball size and larger)." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Chinese_anti-satellite_missile_test https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Chinese_anti-satellite_mi... The US did their test in 1985. At this point, shooting down satellites is easy, but it has big consequences. The more debris we create, the harder it is to keep satellites up there.
- Alupis 11y ago> The more debris we create, the harder it is to keep satellites up there Or astronauts, space stations, deep space probes, etc... Just ask George Clooney ;P