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Latency is big issue for geostationary satellites - the ones at which you can aim a dish at a fixed point in the sky - which have to be very far away from Earth
by PeterisP 4y ago
Latency is big issue for geostationary satellites - the ones at which you can aim a dish at a fixed point in the sky - which have to be very far away from Earth to be geostationary, 35000 km above surface, unlike Starlink satellites which are just 550km above ground.
- AtlasBarfed 4y agoJust to underline the point, starlink satellites are two orders of magnitude closer, and far more numerous.