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[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Whatever the end latency is, it'll be higher than starlink as these are going to be in a sun synchronous orbit and they dont talk to earth, they talk via starlink.

So you'll have to go up to starlink, then laser link the shortest route to the nearest available dish, then back.

[–] CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world 1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Heh yeah you’d get daily latency variation.

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 1 points 22 hours ago

Made me think of this, dish is far away right now! Obviously not that slow, but still haha.