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Curious: Why does SpaceX say it’ll work on the Great Lakes, but not on the ocean? Don’t the satellites cover the whole planet? Are they somehow hibernating when

by leobg 3y ago

Curious: Why does SpaceX say it’ll work on the Great Lakes, but not on the ocean? Don’t the satellites cover the whole planet? Are they somehow hibernating when traversing the ocean or… Ah. I think I know the answer. They can only serve internet as long as the satellite can see the client and a ground station at the same time. Hence the Great Lakes will work, but the Pacific won’t. Right?

Intralexical 3y ago
> Ah. I think I know the answer. They can only serve internet as long as the satellite can see the client and a ground station at the same time. Aren't they making a big deal about some sort of laser communications mesh networking across the entire satellite constellation, though?