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sandworm101today at 7:02 AM1 replyview on HN

If they are low orbit then they are moving fast, which means wider radio beams. And if those beams would also hit earth, hogging spectrum needed for final download.


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crotetoday at 9:43 AM

Not if you do the space-to-space transfer with lasers. There's no air to get in the way, after all.