Elon Musk
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Inter-satellite lasers are currently only used if the satellite cannot see the user terminal and ground station simultaneously. Over ocean, it’s all lasers.
Future software upgrades will evaluate whether lowest latency is via immediately going to a ground station or traversing first via laser.
02:49 PM · April 7, 2024 · 73K views
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