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No. They're not setup to be a principal route between two nations and most satellite networks until very recently didn't even route messages through other satel
by rtkwe 7mo ago
No. They're not setup to be a principal route between two nations and most satellite networks until very recently didn't even route messages through other satellites but instead retransmitted them to a ground station with access to hardline internet. Even Starlink mostly does this still because it's way cheaper and easier.
- rtkwe 7mo agoYou can see an unofficial tracker [0] of the Starlink downlink network and see how outside of some rural areas your data is only moving a few tens of miles away most of the time before it's sent down to a ground system. Their sats have 3 200 Gbps laser communicators for intra constellation routing which is pretty small for the task of replacing fiber optic links. [0] https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1805q6rlePY4WZd8QMOaNe2BqAgFkYBY&hl=en_US&ll=43.23573915359288%2C-74.79099670702867&z=4 https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1805q6rlePY4WZd8QMO...