Starlink also provides service to McMurdo Station, which is only possible over ISL on the polar shell satellites, which are still being positioned:
https://techcrunch.com/2022/09/14/spacex-satellite-internet-starlink-comes-to-antarctica/ Best, Mike On Sep 30, 2022, 19:26 +0200, Nathan Owens via Starlink <[email protected]>, wrote: > They intend to cover the whole ocean between ~-57 and 57 N by the end of > 2022: https://api.starlink.com/public-files/maritime-coverage-map.pdf > > Per the posts I linked, the lasers are seemingly already working and covering > some areas. > > > On Fri, Sep 30, 2022 at 10:24 AM Eugene Chang via Starlink > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Ow… the implications on no satellite to satellite routing is all traffic > > > is one-hop. That puts limits on big patches of the Pacific Basin. (And > > > not a solution for trans-pacific aircraft.) > > > > > > Any clues how far apart are the ground stations? That is a lot of ground > > > stations. This makes me reconsider (terrestrial) fixed-wireless as an > > > alternative. > > > > > > Gene > > > ----------------------------------- > > > Eugene Chang > > > [email protected] > > > +1-781-799-0233 (in Honolulu) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sep 30, 2022, at 2:38 AM, Michael Richardson via Starlink > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Signed PGP part > > > > > > > > Eugene Y Chang via Starlink <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hmmmm….. is ground station positioning more about geographic topology > > > > > or managing subscriber density? I suspect it is easier to manage > > > > > subscriber density (and aggregate traffic) by building higher capacity > > > > > ground stations than by distributing ground stations. > > > > > > > > Until they have satellite to satellite routing, the ground stations > > > > have to > > > > be "near" the users that they serve. > > > > > > > > My understanding from this list is that's why they couldn't easily help > > > > Tongo: it > > > > was all just ocean "nearby" (and why they can help Ukraine) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Starlink mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/starlink > _______________________________________________ > Starlink mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/starlink
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