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Umm, doesn't the signal has to go up to the satellite, and then back down? That is not good for latency. You can see numbers like >1s round-trip time.
by carterehsmith 10y ago
Umm, doesn't the signal has to go up to the satellite, and then back down? That is not good for latency. You can see numbers like >1s round-trip time.
- mastax 10y agoThe satelite constellation will orbit at 1100km according to Wikipedia [1]. It takes light 3.7 ms to travel this distance [2]. It seems plausible that this could be faster over very long distances (though I don't want to do the math). [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_satellite_development_facility https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_satellite_development_f... [2]: https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=1100km+%2F+c https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=1100km+%2F+c