From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Authentication-Results: mail.toke.dk; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=sandelman.ca; dkim=pass header.d=sandelman.ca; arc=none (Message is not ARC signed); dmarc=none Received: from tuna.sandelman.ca (tuna.sandelman.ca [209.87.249.19]) by mail.toke.dk (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BB49BBC81C5 for ; Sat, 17 Jan 2026 20:25:42 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tuna.sandelman.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9043618011; Sat, 17 Jan 2026 14:25:40 -0500 (EST) Received: from tuna.sandelman.ca ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (amavis, port 10024) with LMTP id 1sc-t_VFrwTq; Sat, 17 Jan 2026 14:25:39 -0500 (EST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=sandelman.ca; s=mail; t=1768677939; bh=hPUg3Io4/JB+dAx1JmPtZZmumtIwWDFgIPKs3lpBD70=; h=From:To:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=qg0Njdu4ANcPXnqZkjprk7CC53thMiV43PJPS3CU+CxoNP01nLjPMpo+0jfwi9PS1 4BsBda0asqsRf6f3cmMrOeGEZ30u1SH0LdWAloGebgahfP6Ko48RjfmC8DEE1fg+zF 1bPo+drl2Si7ewtBKBMNQNwpRibIkQSF+BuyEtfOf8KBY35EXCstuWR6YRnvXtML7S KTbfza/BrDBxPRgBHlk4Rq/95kfMs+JeteQtCRvPIgh5lcnevcRdc8fsmq9V4VPvy9 Iu+wEwvQH+Kmq7wN1Vlv2rWFACLNwYpr2i44ro075jbDGEDjMIgKKfnM+TetPfLLYR IJksMv+xXRTiQ== Received: from sandelman.ca (obiwan.sandelman.ca [209.87.249.21]) by tuna.sandelman.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 480D718010; Sat, 17 Jan 2026 14:25:39 -0500 (EST) Received: from obiwan.sandelman.ca (obiwan.sandelman.ca [127.0.0.1]) by sandelman.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3EAF31AE; Sat, 17 Jan 2026 14:25:39 -0500 (EST) From: Michael Richardson To: Inemesit Affia , Ulrich Speidel , Starlink In-Reply-To: References: <176851123059.1249.8585659892308012167@gauss> <5ea10a2c-4549-4d7f-9563-c5dc590857b0@auckland.ac.nz> <13187.1768590201@obiwan.sandelman.ca> <1412cd78-ec8e-487f-8086-6ea51b4301a5@auckland.ac.nz> <1445.1768674722@obiwan.sandelman.ca> X-Mailer: MH-E 8.6+git; nmh 1.8+dev; Emacs 30.1 X-Face: $\n1pF)h^`}$H>Hk{L"x@)JS7<%Az}5RyS@k9X%29-lHB$Ti.V>2bi.~ehC0;<'$9xN5Ub# z!G,p`nR&p7Fz@^UXIn156S8.~^@MJ*mMsD7=QFeq%AL4m Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2026 14:25:39 -0500 Message-ID: <15200.1768677939@obiwan.sandelman.ca> Message-ID-Hash: ALB7P55ABGWASPHYIFLNLLZUGOD4SLL4 X-Message-ID-Hash: ALB7P55ABGWASPHYIFLNLLZUGOD4SLL4 X-MailFrom: mcr@sandelman.ca X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; loop; banned-address; emergency; member-moderation; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.10 Precedence: list Subject: [Starlink] Re: Starlink and Iran List-Id: "Starlink has bufferbloat. Bad." Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: -------- Inemesit Affia wrote: > By different orbits you mean like Molniya? The Russians use that Yes, thanks for the reference. I knew that this had been done before. >From what I understand, the useable portion of the orbit is when the satellite is at it's furthest from the earth. That's when it spends the most amount of time, going the slowest. But, I think I'm asking about the opposite: the target area would be when it's lowest. -- ] Never tell me the odds! | ipv6 mesh networks [ ] Michael Richardson, Sandelman Software Works | IoT architect [ ] mcr@sandelman.ca http://www.sandelman.ca/ | ruby on rails [