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"Obsolete" suggests Starlink is clearly better and sustainable, and that's a very bold statement to make at this point. I suspect in few decades the stationary
by 3cats-in-a-coat 1y ago
"Obsolete" suggests Starlink is clearly better and sustainable, and that's a very bold statement to make at this point. I suspect in few decades the stationary satellites will still be around, while Starlink would've either evolved drastically or gone away.
- maxlin 1y agoI can easily say they are obsolete. The same way old tech is obsolete. Sure, given a catastrophe, eventually maybe we'll be driving around in easier-to-fix old cars and such, and making communications with whatever simpler analog methods. For the use highlighted, geostationary satellites are absolutely obsolete, unless a catastrophe happens. Questioning my premise is like saying its perfectly logical to plan your kitchen around eating MRE's because "they aren't obsolete". Today's satellite internet isn't yesterday's satellite internet.