threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksM to SpaceX@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 4 days ago[Stephen Clark] Satellite operators will soon join airlines in using Starlink in-flight Wi-Fiarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
arrow-up19arrow-down1external-link[Stephen Clark] Satellite operators will soon join airlines in using Starlink in-flight Wi-Fiarstechnica.comthreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksM to SpaceX@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square1fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
minus-squareburble@lemmy.dbzer0.comMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 hours agoThat’s huge. I wonder if anything will launch without RF links. Not needing to deal with licensing and ground station time should speed up the timeline to get missions to launch, but relying just on optical links feels like a big leap.
That’s huge. I wonder if anything will launch without RF links. Not needing to deal with licensing and ground station time should speed up the timeline to get missions to launch, but relying just on optical links feels like a big leap.