Steerable phased-array base station antennas make Elon’s LEO network possible. Latency is all about the speed of light. Existng networks use geosynchronous orbi

Steerable phased-array base station antennas make Elon’s LEO network possible. Latency is all about the speed of light. Existng networks use geosynchronous orbit, because existung base stations have fixed aim. Elon’s LEO satellites will be as low as 300km versus the 35,000km to geosynchronous orbit. Latency may actually be better than fiber for long haul access, because routing will take place between satellites. The speed of light in vacuum is about 50% faster than the speed of light in a fiber (which of course we use terrestrially) https://bigthink.com/robby-berman/elon-musk-quietly-plans-to-put-11925-satellites-into-orbit https://bigthink.com/robby-berman/elon-musk-quietly-plans-to... EDIT: More details here on p2p, encryption, etc http://www.alphr.com/space/1008632/Elon-Musk-SpaceX-Starlink-internet http://www.alphr.com/space/1008632/Elon-Musk-SpaceX-Starlink... https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/807fns/elon_musk_announced_spacexs_multithousand/ https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/807fns/elon_mus...