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This article acts like SpaceX will be the first with non-geostationary broadband satellites. There are other companies like O3b Networks. I think their latency
by cwt137 9y ago
This article acts like SpaceX will be the first with non-geostationary broadband satellites. There are other companies like O3b Networks. I think their latency is not as good as SpaceX is shooting for, because they orbit at something like 6000km, but they play in the same field.
- Robotbeat 9y agoMedium Earth orbit vs Low Earth Orbit. I think it's worth considering them as different fields. Telestar was actually first to launch in this field of broadband LEO satellites, though, not SpaceX. But like SpaceX's inaugural launch, they are engineering prototypes, not fully operational ones. I'm not sure who is "first" matters too much, though.
- stcredzero 9y agoIt's the first "mainstream" operation which matters.
- greglindahl 9y ago> SpaceX is one of several companies planning low-Earth orbit satellite broadband networks that could offer much higher speeds and much lower latency than existing satellite Internet services.
- walrus01 9y agoo3b already exists and is highly successful in its market niche (take a look at its promotional PDFs and wikipedia page for more info), but it is not something the ordinary end user or even an enterprise end user will ever see. It's non-geostationary and very high capacity but also designed for high-capacity 1:1 trunking links to major ISPs and telecoms, not for end user small CPEs.