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Is it really required to be an LEO constellation? It would certainly be good, so that eventually the satellites deorbit and contribute less to Kesseler syndrome
by est31 2y ago
Is it really required to be an LEO constellation? It would certainly be good, so that eventually the satellites deorbit and contribute less to Kesseler syndrome risk. But some nation state might chose to not care about that and deploy at higher and more stable orbits.
- sneak 2y agoYes. We had satellite internet services before and they sucked bad due to latency. Space is big and light is slow. Also, more people per satellite, so less capacity per person.
- martyvis 2y agoLEO means less RF power and lower latency.
- Sander_Marechal 2y agoHigher orbits also mean more latency and slower speeds.