[Starlink] Re: Starlink and Iran

Inemesit Affia
2026-01-17T18:38:32Z

By different orbits you mean like Molniya? The Russians use that

On Sat, Jan 17, 2026, 7:32 PM Michael Richardson via Starlink <
starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net> wrote:

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> Ulrich Speidel <u.speidel@auckland.ac.nz> wrote:
> >> 1. Who checks/enforces this ITU limit?
>
> > The licensing authorities in the respective countries (i.e., the FCC
> in the
> > US - and they're held to account by their competitors, of which
> SpaceX has a
> > few in the US). At an international level, if one country were to
> > ignore
>
> Yes, but dieselgate. Obey, except when it is important not to.
>
> >> 2. Could the physically satellites go higher over some territory?
> How much higher?
> >> I assume it's software controlled.
>
> > A satellite has three types of energy that determine its orbital
> motion:
> > Potential energy from orbital height, kinetic energy from moving, and
> > energy
>
> Sorry, you mis-understood, or I mis-typed, I now understand.
> I meant, go to a higher-power. Not a higher orbit :-)
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> (Has anyone proposed eliptical orbits for LEOs or MEOs, such that they
> would
> be lower whenever they are over the service territory, and higher
> otherwise.
> I imagine it would be horribly complex to work out, given various
> precessions, and it's not clear to me why. I think because less drag when
> not low down...)
>
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