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No, it will not be possible, no matter what Elon says. Starlink operates in portions of the Ku and Ka bands that are reserved for Earth-to-space comms, not for

No, it will not be possible, no matter what Elon says. Starlink operates in portions of the Ku and Ka bands that are reserved for Earth-to-space comms, not for space-to-space comms.

d_silin 6y ago
My impression was that Starlink relies on inter-satellite links to route traffic. We can use the same links for our own extended network.
- portillo 6y ago
  The current satellites do not have crosslinks, and in any case, in their FCC filings SpaceX talks about optical crosslinks, not RF.