• @KillAllPoorPeople
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        151 year ago

        Starlink technically requires ground based infrastructure but they don’t need to be in Ukraine. The closest Starlink ground stations to Ukraine are in Turkey and Poland, according to this map.

        • @[email protected]
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          61 year ago

          Yes, those sites bridge star link and the rest.of the internet, but that doesn’t change the requirements for ind users so only have a tmall antenna.

    • @[email protected]
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      191 year ago

      Because Russia blew up domestic infrastructure, so satellite based communication looked like a decent alternative.

      • @jarfil
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        61 year ago

        Because the DoD can have plausible deniability by not giving Ukraine access to the actual military satellite network.

      • @anonono
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        21 year ago

        what do you mean by allowed? as in if you are a private company you should not be allowed to have satellites? is that what you mean?

        • @givesomefucks
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          1 year ago

          As in there’s only so much air space and it’s already crowded…

          It’s needs regulated, letting any company throw whatever they want up there is fucking stupid.

          Name any point in human history when letting companies do whatever the fuck they want in an area hasn’t fucked over the majority of people.

        • @[email protected]
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          41 year ago

          as in the only high bandwidth communications network capable of doing things like this. starlink is this little thing called a monopoly and that is what caused this situation…

          • @[email protected]
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            01 year ago

            Turns out it’s not very easy to just dump a ton of satellites and pop out a new network whenever you want.

            • @[email protected]
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              01 year ago

              Seriously, the Starlink and Falcon 9 production is unlike anything else. Amazon and China will try to copy it, but it’ll take them way more time and money.