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To 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 inter
by kitsunesoba 6y ago
To 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=...