<div dir="ltr"><div>They intend to cover the whole ocean between ~-57 and 57 N by the end of 2022: <a href="https://api.starlink.com/public-files/maritime-coverage-map.pdf">https://api.starlink.com/public-files/maritime-coverage-map.pdf</a></div><div><br></div><div>Per the posts I linked, the lasers are seemingly already working and covering some areas. <br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Sep 30, 2022 at 10:24 AM Eugene Chang via Starlink <<a href="mailto:starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net">starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">Ow… the implications on no satellite to satellite routing is all traffic is one-hop. That puts limits on big patches of the Pacific Basin. (And not a solution for trans-pacific aircraft.)<div><br></div><div>Any clues how far apart are the ground stations? That is a lot of ground stations. This makes me reconsider (terrestrial) fixed-wireless as an alternative.<br><div>
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<div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Sep 30, 2022, at 2:38 AM, Michael Richardson via Starlink <<a href="mailto:starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net" target="_blank">starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net</a>> wrote:</div><br><div><div><div><div><div>Signed PGP part</div><div><br>Eugene Y Chang via Starlink <<a href="mailto:starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net" target="_blank">starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite">Hmmmm….. is ground station positioning more about geographic topology<br>or managing subscriber density? I suspect it is easier to manage<br>subscriber density (and aggregate traffic) by building higher capacity<br>ground stations than by distributing ground stations.<br></blockquote><br>Until they have satellite to satellite routing, the ground stations have to<br>be "near" the users that they serve.<br><br>My understanding from this list is that's why they couldn't easily help Tongo: it<br>was all just ocean "nearby" (and why they can help Ukraine)<br><br><br><br></div></div><br></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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