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Here'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
by positr0n 7y ago
Here'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