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One of the largest reasons that we don't have highspeed wireless internet from satellites is that the spectrum is on the lower end of the US gov's use for old m
by downrightmike 8y ago
One of the largest reasons that we don't have highspeed wireless internet from satellites is that the spectrum is on the lower end of the US gov's use for old marine gps systems. It may interfere so they block the projects.
- empthought 8y ago100ms or more ping time as we wait for the signal to travel thousands of miles into space and back would also have something to do with it.
- echo-oddly 8y agoFor reference, round trip time to geostationary orbit is 240 ms. But that is 36 thousand km. Compare that to the ISS which orbits less than 500 km up, so the round trip time is less than 1.25 ms.
- empthought 8y agoNo communications satellites orbit at such low altitude, though.