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Yes but would these need to be in LEO? I would imagine that they would aim for farther orbits to spend a smaller percentage of their time in Earth's shadow
by largbae 3mo ago
Yes but would these need to be in LEO? I would imagine that they would aim for farther orbits to spend a smaller percentage of their time in Earth's shadow
- SoftTalker 3mo agoPerhaps there will be communications nodes in LEO with high bandwidth directional links to heavy compute nodes in higher orbits? At some point I would assume that the jurisdiction of the FCC no longer applies? Or maybe you use laser links? I still cannot believe it's economical to have "data centers in orbit" but I guess the truth will be seen in whether or not it actually happens.
- toast0 3mo ago> At some point I would assume that the jurisdiction of the FCC no longer applies? The FCC has regulatory jurisdiction for communications on US objects in space, regardless of distance from earth.
- ben_w 3mo agoDepends how cheap they can launch them. Even very optimistic estimates (by people who aren't Elon Musk) say it will take a decade to get the costs low enough to be worthwhile for LEO; higher orbits are much more expensive.