I’m just glad they’re in low enough orbit to not contribute to the space junk problem. Wait until Musk decides Starlink constellations need to be in high orbit.
So I was under the impression that high orbit internet satellites weren’t desirable because of latency- satellite net isn’t a new thing, but low latency, high throughput is new and it’s because of low orbit mesh. Am I mistaken here? I don’t know much about it, but the speed of light is the speed of light- something traveling an extra 40,000 miles is gonna take a lot more time.
Nope you are correct. Latency is the reason these are in LEO.
I’m sure you’re right. But you’re talking about a company run by the guy who came up with the Cybertruck.
In terms of engineering the cybertruck is actually pretty interesting and compelling. I would recommend watching engineering explainer’s YouTube video before making claims that you know nothing about
Interesting and compelling alone do not, a good product, make.
The original commenter was implying that a company run by Elon would not be competent enough to assess proper orbits and likened it to an incompetent Tesla with the cybertruck. However the cybertruck is a competent product in the segment by the basis of stats, engineering, and driving. Therefore the original argument is flawed and disingenuous. Fuck Elon btw just in case anyone thinks I’m a fanboy
They still add to the particles in the atmosphere we just found out about so have no ideas about the repercussions.
True. I was reading that not too long ago. Just rocket launches alone are adding a ton of stuff we probably don’t want in the upper atmosphere.
Ping is too high in high orbit
I wouldn’t count on Elon understanding that or believing his engineers when they tell him that either.
An even smarter decision is to just build a bunch of tall cell towers. You don’t even need rockets at all!
