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It’s Iridium that had best coverage over the poles (and actually useful because they’ve had inter-sat links since day 1). As all sats went right over the poles
by Scoundreller 3y ago
It’s Iridium that had best coverage over the poles (and actually useful because they’ve had inter-sat links since day 1). As all sats went right over the poles and that’s where latitude rings are the shortest.
Meanwhile starlink has its poorest coverage over the poles, you can see mostly hollow space near the poles:
https://satellitemap.space/ https://satellitemap.space/
- perihelions 3y agoMy knowledge was out of date! Still, the general principle's visible in that 3d visualization: the density of satellites is greatest at the highest latitudes within their range. They cluster there where the derivative d{latitude}/dt goes to zero.