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Terrestrial microwave has almost the same speed as light in a vacuum, so I think it's possible a microwave network beats Starlink.
by 7e 7y ago
Terrestrial microwave has almost the same speed as light in a vacuum, so I think it's possible a microwave network beats Starlink.
- ethbro 7y agoRemember each ~25 km you'd need a relay after you hit the horizon. That adds non-zero latency vs a longer-range-through-vacuum transmission.
- new_realist 7y ago25 km is less than typical, but remember each direct LEO path between popular destinstions is likely to be congested.