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Originally Posted by CFOUR
so you may be aware (others not) of this but they way starlink works is the satellites are set at three different distances from the earths surface the closest ones get the speeds they advertise the middle ones about a third but have triple the coverage and the furthest away ones are middling 3g speeds and get almost total coverage. idea being your service once the network is done should not drop but may get speed fluctuations. IIRC
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i believe they have changed that plan recently getting permission to launch a extra 1400ish so 2800ish total between 530 and 560km altitude, this would remove the need for the ones at 1100 and 1500km, they also plan for 7500 at 340km altitude (none of these have been launched to date)