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fidotronyesterday at 1:12 PM2 repliesview on HN

Getting it to work with one end stationary first sounds like a reasonable development plan. LEO adds a lot of complexity, but with huge benefits.

OTOH the number of engineers that focus on throughput over latency is quite staggering.


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amarantyesterday at 10:44 PM

Leo seems easier to me. Geostationary is really far away. Leo is much, much closer. It's easier to hit a buck thats running right past you than to hit a stationary target across the Atlantic.

Especially if you yourself are on a moving platform

IrishTechieyesterday at 1:18 PM

I guess if your goal is just to stream aircraft telemetry and black box like recordings then latency may not be high on the agenda.

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