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If space-based telecom moves from GEO to LEO, then there’s no reason for GEO telecoms to exist anymore.
by breckenedge 2y ago
If space-based telecom moves from GEO to LEO, then there’s no reason for GEO telecoms to exist anymore.
- MichaelZuo 2y agoThe real estate would still be worth quite a bit, so even in the worst case they will just move on to be literal real estate holding companies.
- Gare 2y agoSatellite TV is probably not going away anytime soon.
- simfree 2y agoDish and DirecTV are rapidly bleeding customers, the latter is not planning to launch any new birds for this dying business. It might only be a decade before this industry consolidates further into the remaining satellites, with some large providers going extinct entirely.