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The idea is lots and lots of low orbit satellites with cell-phone-like handoffs as they zip across the horizon. LEO is only 200 miles high or so, which is ~1ms
by jbooth 9y ago
The idea is lots and lots of low orbit satellites with cell-phone-like handoffs as they zip across the horizon. LEO is only 200 miles high or so, which is ~1ms for light to travel if they can make it work.
Existing satellite internet goes out to geosynchronous orbit which is much, much farther away.
- imglorp 9y agoNotable exception being Iridium. The wiki points out interesting design goals including coverage and doppler shifts. I do worry about 4000 new objects in orbit. We've got tons of orbital trash already. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iridium_satellite_constellation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iridium_satellite_constellatio...