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There's probably always going to be issues with getting good coverage of Scandinavia economically because (1) the physics of the orbits means that regions at th
by jessriedel 3y ago
There's probably always going to be issues with getting good coverage of Scandinavia economically because (1) the physics of the orbits means that regions at the same latitude (both Northern and Southern hemisphere) "share" the satellites to an extent and (2) Scandinavia is an outlier in population density at its high latitude. In other words, there are not many other high-latitude countries with which to share the cost of the putting satellites in these inclinations orbits. I believe this is ameliorated somewhat by the US Military's desire for pole-to-pole coverage. I think (?) the near-polar orbit Starlinks were only added later because of this.
- panick21_ 3y agoI don't think so. As per sat cost goes down, you can add a few sats on a specific polar orbit that covers that area perfectly. Japan uses that kind of polar orbit.
- jessriedel 3y agoAre you talking about QZSS? That's a Tundra-style geosynchronous orbit, not a polar orbit. Such orbits are much too distant from Earth's surface for them to be usable with Starlink. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tundra_orbit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tundra_orbit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quasi-Zenith_Satellite_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quasi-Zenith_Satellite_System