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Wouldn’t you need more cash for a full set of LEO sats?

• JumpCrisscross 2y ago
  > Wouldn’t you need more cash for a full set of LEO sats? Not if you only aim to cover the EU’s population centres in round one.
  • hedora 2y ago
    LEO satellites still need to orbit the earth, so most of their satellites won’t be over Europe at any given time. I wouldn’t expect 264 satellites to be enough to focus on Europe when it takes 7000 to cover the whole planet. Maybe each satellite is much more powerful?
    • verzali 2y ago
      Put them higher up and you need less to achieve the same coverage.
      • bigfatkitten 2y ago
        A bit like Inmarsat BGAN, which already exists and starts at around $6 per megabyte with user terminals starting at around $5000.