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> The connectivity has been enabled by Proliferated Low Earth Orbit (P-LEO) satellite services Does this mean Starlink, or are there other private competitors

> The connectivity has been enabled by Proliferated Low Earth Orbit (P-LEO) satellite services Does this mean Starlink, or are there other private competitors in this space (a quick web search refers to 19 other companies that have bid on contracts for P-LEO)? Also, I didn't follow what exactly does Oracle have to do with this - they are hardly the only cloud provider, and not even the one with the most government contracts?

chatmasta 2y ago
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Jtsummers 2y ago
Per the article, Starlink and some military SATCOM systems. It's apparently not tied to a specific satellite family (which is a good thing).
ordu 2y ago
"The infrastructure has been designed to be able to use a variety of connectivity mechanisms, including the military's SATCOM, and Starlink."
- lazide 2y ago
  Why buy one, when you can buy two at twice the price? (Yes, Contact)
bane 2y ago
There's a few options even without Starlink: Oneweb, Iridium, Inmarsat, viasat among others.
- Havoc 2y ago
  Can you push terabytes through those daily? I had understood they're quite slow
  - bane 2y ago
    I'm not sure, but I believe most of those constellations are launching newer generations which are intended to handle higher volume data.
lolc 2y ago
Yeah the Oracle blurb was not embedded well. The presumedly paid writer did a shoddy job.