Beep@lemmus.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoA million new SpaceX satellites will destroy the night sky — for everyone on Earthnews.ubc.caexternal-linkmessage-square222linkfedilinkarrow-up1987arrow-down112
arrow-up1975arrow-down1external-linkA million new SpaceX satellites will destroy the night sky — for everyone on Earthnews.ubc.caBeep@lemmus.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square222linkfedilink
minus-squarealsimoneau@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·4 days 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-down1·4 days 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