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They're claiming lower latency than existing satellites due to lower altitude orbits and are using more satellites to compensate for the decreased coverage from
by entropicdrifter 6y ago
They're claiming lower latency than existing satellites due to lower altitude orbits and are using more satellites to compensate for the decreased coverage from each satellite.
Presumably this setup would also help with the cloud coverage issue due to the shorter travel distance and higher likelihood of redundant satellites to connect to.
- kitsunesoba 6y agoTo be more precise, some of the lowest flying Starlink satellites will be at 340km, which is very low — lower than the ISS, even. By contrast, traditional internet satellites orbit at ~35,700km.
- nyx_ 6y ago550km, actually, or 340 miles. Still a couple orders of magnitude closer to Earth than satellites in GSO.
- modeless 6y agov2 is planned to have satellites as low as 328 km. https://licensing.fcc.gov/myibfs/download.do?attachment_key=2378669 https://licensing.fcc.gov/myibfs/download.do?attachment_key=...