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Why would we expect faster than fibre?
The speed of light in a vacuum is roughly 50% higher than the speed of light in fiber.
Random thought I just had: What are the odds of a rocket launch crossing through one of these laser links on its way to a higher orbit and disrupting traffic for a fraction of a second? I know space is really big and so the odds of a rocket hitting a satellite on its way up are incredibly low, but now we're talking about lots of lines between each satellite rather than just the satellites themselves. Are the odds sti…
I think they are still tiny. Also don't networking systems routinely deal with temporary link disruption?
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I'm immensely interested in people commenting how they are disinterested in X thing. Please go on! I'd love to know the motivation of posting, it makes no sense to me. Seems to be a self-fulfilled prophecy.
I guess I just wish the HN timeline wasn't so full of his garbage.
In other words, what makes it "garbage" to you?
If it's straight up due to Musk being involved, isn't that a negative outlook for the sake of being negative?
You could just view it as humans advancing and be happy about that.
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I guess I just wish the HN timeline wasn't so full of his garbage.
Do you have a specific qualms with satellites providing internet to remote areas or EVs or space exploration or is it purely personal? In other words, what makes it "garbage" to you? If it's straight up due to Musk being involved, isn't that a negative outlook for the sake of being negative? You could just view it as humans advancing and be happy about that.
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1. The satellite needs to be passing overhead at an angle where you can see it, and clear skies etc. 2. The sky needs to be dark enough to see it (so twilight or night) 3. The satellite needs to be illuminated by the sun. 4. The satellite needs to reflect enough light that you can see it. Basically this happens just before sunrise, and just after sunset. So the ground and sky are dark (allowing you to see through the…
> Basically this happens just before sunrise, and just after sunset. I've seen plenty of satellites in the middle of the night, from very dark areas (wilderness). They look like stars, only they move more quickly. These observations go back a decade, at least.
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Do you have a specific qualms with satellites providing internet to remote areas or EVs or space exploration or is it purely personal? In other words, what makes it "garbage" to you? If it's straight up due to Musk being involved, isn't that a negative outlook for the sake of being negative? You could just view it as humans advancing and be happy about that.
I think I have been pretty clear? I don't care for Musk's projects.
I was just curious as to why you didn't care for the projects.
Random thought I just had: What are the odds of a rocket launch crossing through one of these laser links on its way to a higher orbit and disrupting traffic for a fraction of a second? I know space is really big and so the odds of a rocket hitting a satellite on its way up are incredibly low, but now we're talking about lots of lines between each satellite rather than just the satellites themselves. Are the odds sti…
https://satellitemap.space is pretty amazing but a Starlink satellite looks massive on there, really at the scales we are talking they wouldn't even be a pixel. Do we know how many of the satellites are actually interlinked by lasers?
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I think I have been pretty clear? I don't care for Musk's projects.
You were clear on the opinion, not the reasoning. I was just curious as to why you didn't care for the projects.
This is just PR for one of his shitty projects. It has no place on HN.
I sit in my hot tub at night and see 1-2+ satellites go over every single time I'm out there. Which also makes me wonder how many of the shooting stars I've seen recently are just old starlinks burning up.