Friday, October 16, 2020

Internet from Space

 Why LEO constellations of space lasers? According to the article- "The data speed increases because light travels faster in a vacuum compared to optical cables, so, information sent through Starlink arrives faster."

Real-time broadband resource allocation

Minimising interference

Metrics

Latency Statistics - 25- to 35ms. Existing satellite broadband latencies - 600ms

Speed tests - data from satellites to customers and then back to internet.

Simpler design to go early

Attrition of satellites - oneweb has a magentic fixture

Players

Telesat

Boeing & Samsung

Apple




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