| ▲ | api 5 hours ago |
| The satellites are glorified repeaters. There was some talk about having the satellites form a laser mesh but I don't think they've gone live with anything like that, so it almost always just comes back down at the nearest site. |
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| ▲ | Polizeiposaune 5 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| Most of the satellites now have three 200GBps inter-satellite links. The starlink V3 that will be launched on the big rocket reportedly have six ISLs. |
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| ▲ | Aachen 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Yes, they had these plans from the get-go so launching the necessary hardware is not surprising. The question was whether anything like that went live Once it does go live, anyone could see the lower ping between two users of this network. If they say it got enabled, that wouldn't be hard to independently verify | | |
| ▲ | Polizeiposaune 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | What demonstrates ISL use is service availability in the middle of oceans, far from any ground station. https://www.starlinkflights.com/how-to-check-starlink-flight: "Unlike older geostationary satellite systems that had coverage gaps and high latency over remote oceans, Starlink's low-earth orbit constellation covers the entire globe. Qatar Airways, United Airlines, Alaska Airlines, and airBaltic all offer uninterrupted Starlink on long-haul international routes." | |
| ▲ | aeyes 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Its already live, Starlink works in the Arctic far outside the line of sight of any base station. |
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| ▲ | ranger_danger 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Do you have a source for this claim? | | | |
| ▲ | devmor 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Since when? Last I heard this was just vaporware. | | |
| ▲ | pavon 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Since 2021 when they started deploying the v1.5 satellites. | | |
| ▲ | devmor 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | The only source I have ever seen is the US SDA confirming they have seen a demonstration of Starlink’s ISL, in 2024. Do you have any more detailed or up to date information? I’m not doubting that they built ISL capabilities, since ISL is often used for collision avoidance and small scale satcom - I’m doubting that it is being actively used to route internet traffic. | | |
| ▲ | timmmmmmay an hour ago | parent [-] | | I used it in the middle of the Pacific Ocean on a Hawaiian Airlines flight two years ago, where have you been |
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| ▲ | signatoremo 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Laser link has been operational since 2021: https://www.trackstarlink.com/guides/starlink-laser-links-ex... |
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| ▲ | NetMageSCW 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| They’ve had it since at least 2022, here is a more recent document explaining access in the middle of the ocean for Royal Caribbean cruise ships: https://www.royalcaribbean.com/guides/wifi-cruise-packages |
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| ▲ | antiford2049 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Well, if they are just glorified repeaters, perhaps european union can hurry the fuck up and build their own network, because at the pace of events we are seeing in about 1 year from now, the USA and Russia will tell us how Ukraine and EU are responsible for starting the war and they need to learn a lesson. Oh wait, we are already here as if few days ago. Never mind. |
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| ▲ | detritus 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Wait. They're not doing the orbital mesh?! I thought that was fundamental to the whole network? Not another Elon bullshit? |
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