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A million new SpaceX satellites will destroy the night sky — for everyone on Earth (news.ubc.ca)
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[–] 8 points 7 months ago (1 child)

Geo could do the job at a fraction of the environmental cost.

Latency would be a bit higher but that doesn't matter for download.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago

    it's such a game changer when you're actually using it. night and day, completely different experience.

    also, GEO is in many regards more at risk for Kessler syndrome because stuff up there doesn't deorbit

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