[Battlemesh] Kyiv mesh and Starlink

Daniel Lublin daniel at lublin.se
Fri Mar 4 10:26:25 CET 2022


> And yes, this applies to (current) Starlink as well, it will also need a
> ground-station **nearby** (as Starlink is low orbit it can't be that far)
> to be connected to the rest of the world as inter-sat links are not yet
> implemented in the current satellites up there.

How far is "nearby"... Had to look that up. The following source could be
reliable. It says within 500 miles, about 800 km.

https://astronomy.com/news/2021/06/how-do-starlink-satellites-actually-work

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Daniel
lublin.se


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