Beep@lemmus.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoA million new SpaceX satellites will destroy the night sky — for everyone on Earthnews.ubc.caexternal-linkmessage-square220fedilinkarrow-up1995arrow-down115
arrow-up1980arrow-down1external-linkA million new SpaceX satellites will destroy the night sky — for everyone on Earthnews.ubc.caBeep@lemmus.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square220fedilink
minus-squarealsimoneau@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoGeo could do the job at a fraction of the environmental cost. Latency would be a bit higher but that doesn’t matter for download.
minus-squarecole@lemdro.idlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·2 months agoit’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
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.
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