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>Satellites move rapidly, have low bandwidth, and are located thousands of miles away from Earth, so it can take a few minutes for even short messages to get th
by gz5 4y ago
>Satellites move rapidly, have low bandwidth, and are located thousands of miles away from Earth, so it can take a few minutes for even short messages to get through.
Low orbit satellites can be about 500 kilometers / 300 miles so would be the logical next step?
- samcat116 4y agoYes which is why you're seeing LEO constelations now. But most previous ones were in GEO which is much farther away.