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What I don’t see talked about enough (in relation to SpaceX) is the one big customer who has been wanting global high bandwidth/low latency since at least the 9
by ryanmarsh 6y ago
What I don’t see talked about enough (in relation to SpaceX) is the one big customer who has been wanting global high bandwidth/low latency since at least the 90’s.
That is the US military. Think drones and all the fancy battle space information management stuff they’ve been talking about forever.
I don’t see how this gets built without the US mil wanting to use it. Furthermore I don’t see how this was designed without their input. It’s entirely possible that the US govt is covertly funding Starlink.
- SergeAx 6y agoI believe even now hundreds of millis latency is quite enough for military applications, not even speak of 90's. There's also a caveat: currently a satellite should have a ground station in view to relay data. It is rarely the case in areas of military activity.