The German tech company KLEO Connect aims to establish its own network of satellites in low Earth orbit that can provide internet to remote locations, hoping to rival Starlink.

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    1 year ago

    Are there even unpopulated areas that aren’t covered by one of the orbits required for populated areas? It is not as if you can have geostationary LEO satellites.

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      1 year ago

      It is not as if you can have geostationary LEO satellites.

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      You could have part of a geostationary satellite at LEO altitude. That’s what a space elevator entails.

      That’s obviously not what they’re talking about doing here, though.