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As someone who's really not a fan of fElon (he made Twitter steal my OG username), it's nice to see people misuse the Starlink term, and I hope it would eventua
by ValentineC 7mo ago
As someone who's really not a fan of fElon (he made Twitter steal my OG username), it's nice to see people misuse the Starlink term, and I hope it would eventually be genericised [1]. ;)
The proper term should be Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites, and there are other providers like Amazon [2] and Panasonic Avionics [3] that I hope other airlines would do business with.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_trademark https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_trademark
[2] https://leo.amazon.com/ https://leo.amazon.com/
[3] https://www.panasonic.aero/blog/blog-post/what-is-low-earth-orbit-leo-and-how-does-it-benefit-airline-connectivity https://www.panasonic.aero/blog/blog-post/what-is-low-earth-...
- philipwhiuk 7mo agoBut this isn't genericising it. It's specifically for Starlink. Neither Panasonic nor Amazon Leo (yuck) are operational. Eutelsat OneWeb is.