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To: srmanuel

How is the latency?


10 posted on 07/18/2020 11:18:00 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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To: Dr. Sivana

Pretty good, the satellites are in low orbits, not way, way out there at geosynchronous distance.


13 posted on 07/18/2020 11:26:58 AM PDT by null and void (Quarantine the sick. Shield the vulnerable. Free everyone else!)
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Much, much lower that geosynchronous services. Starlink satellites are at about 600 miles up, IIRC, vs 26,500 miles for geosynchronous SARS like Harris and HughesNet.


29 posted on 07/19/2020 2:29:14 PM PDT by backwoods-engineer (Politics is the continuation of war by other means. --Clausewitz)
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