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Has anybody found a map of what they mean by the "northern US and Canadian latitudes after six launches"? How far north does one have to be? I'm super excited
by drewg123 7y ago
Has anybody found a map of what they mean by the "northern US and Canadian latitudes after six launches"? How far north does one have to be?
I'm super excited about this disrupting the north american broadband market, which has little to no competition in most areas where I've lived.
- positr0n 7y agoHere's some great visualizations of the orbits and an explanation of what it means that the orbits are optimized for the northern hemisphere. (This confused me at first since obviously any orbit has to go just as far south as it does north of the equator.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEIUdMiColU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEIUdMiColU
- tene 7y agoPerhaps I've missed it somehow, but I didn't find anything in that video that refers to any asymmetry between north and south hemispheres?
- gvb 7y agoAt 5:03 [1] he talks about how the laser links give good connectivity east-west but not as good north-south. [1] https://youtu.be/QEIUdMiColU?t=303 https://youtu.be/QEIUdMiColU?t=303