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> And while constellations like Starlink and Kuiper will eventually have optical relay capability, there's no confirmation that either will allow open access to their terminals. There have been successful demonstrations, but widespread deployment still feels like it's a ways off.

Starlink could do laser comms with other satellites, probably, assuming they shared positioning information and whatever proprietary laser sauce is keeping their intraconstellation links up.

But their radar link to ground is Ku band, which is already getting congested (partly by Starlink itself!). That’s why everyone’s talking about moving to Ka, despite the worse attenuation and higher cost. Much more bandwidth is available at Ka band, as well.

Edit: I’m slightly out of date, Starlink now also operates at least partially in the Ka band.

It does talk about Starlink