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To: roadcat

Going to need some non-economical, subsidized, polar orbit satellites to provide coverage for high latitudes.


16 posted on 12/03/2022 2:04:58 PM PST by JohnBovenmyer (Biden/Harris a events are called dodo ops)
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To: JohnBovenmyer

I don’t know what satellites Apple depends on. As for Tesla phones, they will use SpaceX gen2 Starlink satellites which are huge and will depend on the Starship for mass deployment to space. The SpaceX gen1 Starlink satellites are being deployed via Falcon9 rockets, and utilize small dish antennas that interconnect with ground cellular stations. Starship is still going through testing, regular use won’t happen until later in 2023. Suborbital launch expected this month, or in January.


17 posted on 12/03/2022 7:44:19 PM PST by roadcat
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