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I hadnt even considered that there were multiple ground stations. I just assumed the Starlink satelites would just all bounce the signal back to base in the US.
by alt227 1y ago
I hadnt even considered that there were multiple ground stations. I just assumed the Starlink satelites would just all bounce the signal back to base in the US.
- pixl97 1y agoThat would have a decent amount of latency as you'd have a space trip around the world, then a ground trip to any EU/Asia site.
- alt227 1y agoAs opposed to a ground trip to a local base station and then a trip around the world on the ground? Sounds like it would be the same to me.
- roywiggins 1y agoThe first Starlink constellations didn't have inter-satellite links at all: https://wccftech.com/spacex-starlink-satellite-laser-test/ https://wccftech.com/spacex-starlink-satellite-laser-test/ Also, people in Europe don't want to have to take a round trip to space via America just to pull up IKEA's website hosted next door. That's a lot of pointless latency when you could bounce it down to a nearby ground station instead.