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The Vergecast
What Is the New Generation of Satellite Internet?
The old generation of satellite internet was typically satellites in this orbit known as geosynchranus orbit. This is a very high orbit, o roughly 22 thousand miles up. But at that position in the sky, satellites ally match the rotation of the earth. So it's if you put a satellite in that band, it's going to appear as if it's over the same patch of sky at all times. And so that's great for connecting to that satellite, because you always know when it's above you. It's very far, and so the latency of getting signals from that satellite are pretty bad.
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