• anomnom@sh.itjust.works
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    1 day ago

    Right now it’s in place to protect Geosynchronous Orbit satellites and allow communication it means there are shadow zones around the ground stations where the LEO satellites have to be quiet.

    If they can get smarter about it then it’s ok, but it was set a a rule by space engineers, many of whom are actual rocket scientists, and would need careful consideration before changing. Something fElon hasn’t proven capable of.

    Also jumping from 100MB/s to 1GB/s just be turning them up( or turning more on at once sounds like typical Musk bullshit.