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https://techxplore.com/news/2025-05-electromagnetic-standards-korea-starlink.html
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Yep ... may not be the only ones either.
PROBLEM ... 'StarLink'-like systems rely on
LARGE LARGE quantities of mini-sats in rather
low orbit. There are already complaints about
Musk's system - astronomers plus more to avoid
if launching other sats/people. If more nations
get in on this we're gonna have a virtual SHELL
of mini-sats around the planet. Might only be
safe to launch other stuff from Antarctica or
the extreme north - not very cost-efficient.
Just gonna posit a guess here - 'StarLink'-style
systems need to GO AWAY. Interesting IDEA but
now perhaps TOO many downsides longer-term.
Fewer, more powerful, sats can also do the job
without literally cluttering the sky.
The ONE modern advantage of StarLink ... there
are SO MANY sats that hostile govts have no
hope of destroying enough of them to make much
of a communications difference - unless they
plan to go full extreme and flood the usual
orbital level with little 'BB's to shred
EVERYTHING there.
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