U.S. billionaire Elon Musk has agreed to sell a portion of Starlink assets to the U.S. Department of Defense, removing himself from decision-making regarding geofencing Ukraine’s access to the satellite internet service

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[–] bradorsomething@ttrpg.network 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wonder how this is portioned out? To be completely hands free, Musk would need to sell a portion of his fleet and the control systems that operate it. This would also include relaunching replacement satellites. Since this is an orbiting system (not geostationary) he’d have to sell enough in a band around the earth to keep Ukraine covered.

[–] ProfessorPuzzleCode@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Geostationary satellites are orbiting. They are orbiting at a speed and direction to match the earth's rotation.