From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp2.nextlayer.at (smtp2.nextlayer.at [81.16.150.37]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.bufferbloat.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 729AC3B2A4 for ; Tue, 8 Feb 2022 04:05:36 -0500 (EST) Received: from [192.168.0.49] (d50-117-141-56.yt.northwestel.net [50.117.141.56]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.nextlayer.at (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 73F6A806E8A; Tue, 8 Feb 2022 10:05:34 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 smtp.nextlayer.at 73F6A806E8A Message-ID: <31598414-9e85-0c6e-653d-22a6a4dc2392@sokolov.eu.org> Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2022 02:05:32 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.8.1.24) Gecko/20100411 Thunderbird/2.0.0.24 Mnenhy/0.7.6.666 Content-Language: en-GB To: Mike Puchol , starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net References: <0d78acc3-1101-c7d2-c7a6-53158b8c1045@vdr.net> <44b2b090-457b-eb59-a75a-a0bbb0307073@candelatech.com> <431oq9ns-qnpn-n56r-6np6-374rsq317q@ynat.uz> <8ecdc077-1751-4302-a013-fa35b2291a87@Spark> <380541e2-c5fa-b3ff-b28c-8d3d993be416@cs.auckland.ac.nz> <5d9dab2c-3c20-4d18-aa1d-cc72bf250843@Spark> <736pq4q3-q21n-p6rn-9391-o56qn77npn2@ynat.uz> <9383f6d3-b6e3-de25-fee0-4416bd05c030@cs.auckland.ac.nz> <7ffdb646-0d02-c1fa-6857-576c2681490c@falco.ca> <2e2c67c8-839b-e1af-5937-78dab715d482@cs.auckland.ac.nz> <8b7fd197-777d-e963-628d-4cdff7c04380@sokolov.eu.org> <78be6869-375c-02a8-498b-7446287ab97d@cs.auckland.ac.nz> <0136de5b-a198-4ebf-8a12-baa2424c431d@Spark> <6b0b3d22-f3e6-a3bd-b04c-af15e5498560@sokolov.eu.org> <07e8f287-3da1-4890-817f-4daf945c8d12@Spark> From: Daniel AJ Sokolov In-Reply-To: <07e8f287-3da1-4890-817f-4daf945c8d12@Spark> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: [Starlink] Starlink for Tonga? X-BeenThere: starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: "Starlink has bufferbloat. Bad." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2022 09:05:36 -0000 On 2022-02-08 at 01:58, Mike Puchol wrote: > In the Equator, the GSO protection band starts due East, and goes all > the way across the sky due West. It also takes out 37° of visible sky > at zenith. Thank you. If it goes all the way from East to West, how can one run any Starlink there? Does the protection area go from East to West via North, but Starlink could use East to West via South? Or the other way round? Or is the protection band only at certain angles off the ground? I think I get the 37° at Zenit - Zenit +18 and -18. Thank you! Daniel