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SpaceX Starlink opens preorders, but slots are limited in each region
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10 Feb 2021 17:04
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u/kek
8 comments
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u/None
10 Feb 2021 17:13
 Fuck yeah!
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u/Sheeplebane
10 Feb 2021 17:55
This will go great on a cyberyacht
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u/rodwyer
10 Feb 2021 20:57
Unfortunately, your service will be restricted to a small geolocation (e.g. your house).
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u/Sheeplebane
10 Feb 2021 21:09
For now. And I saw a similar article somewhere for fast satellite net w/o the limits
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u/None
11 Feb 2021 06:52
@Sheeplebane oy vey.
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u/Wingo
10 Feb 2021 19:15
Nice! But won’t all these satellites create a lot of junk circulating in our atmosphere?
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u/Anthraxx55
10 Feb 2021 23:54
We got billions of people and cars on earth while Elon is only making thousands of satellites in space. Do you not know how space?
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u/None
11 Feb 2021 01:20
They are already creating problems for astronomers. They came up with less reflective coatings, but they still interfere a bit at dusk and dawn.
8 comments
5 u/None 10 Feb 2021 17:13
5 u/Sheeplebane 10 Feb 2021 17:55
3 u/rodwyer 10 Feb 2021 20:57
1 u/Sheeplebane 10 Feb 2021 21:09
1 u/None 11 Feb 2021 06:52
1 u/Wingo 10 Feb 2021 19:15
0 u/Anthraxx55 10 Feb 2021 23:54
1 u/None 11 Feb 2021 01:20