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 EEA9C3B29D for ; Wed, 30 Jun 2021 19:33:52 -0400 (EDT) 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 498AE801BAD for ; Thu, 1 Jul 2021 01:33:51 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 smtp.nextlayer.at 498AE801BAD To: starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net References: <85542036-9ff8-75d2-438e-c86cc0c105d8@sokolov.eu.org> From: Daniel AJ Sokolov Message-ID: <75cf35be-52ef-fe2b-2a7e-d6224b803789@falco.ca> Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2021 16:33:49 -0700 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 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-GB Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 30 Jun 2021 19:35:07 -0400 Subject: Re: [Starlink] 69,000 Users 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: Wed, 30 Jun 2021 23:33:53 -0000 On 2021-06-30 at 12:30 a.m., David Lang wrote: > the orbital life of a satellite may end up being a bit better than you > think, they will de-orbit by themselves after about 5 years, but they do > have thrusters that they can use to raise their orbits to extend their > lives if they don't need the fuel for collision avoidance. OK. But does it help Starlink if 3 satellites in a train of 10 run an extra year, and 3 more an extra half year? Can they reasonably "refill" the train satellite by satellite? BR Daniel AJ