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Remotely Controlled Vehicles Over Starlink (hackaday.com)

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[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

Does Starlink not need ground stations? This is from 2 months ago and they are indeed still needed.

The ground stations are essential for linking the satellite network to terrestrial internet infrastructure

So it is really not viable on the ocean etc. etc. and pretty much a better cellular network in terms of coverage.

[–] SaintWacko@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 months ago

I'm pretty sure they offer a more expensive option for offshore use. Maybe that one doesn't need ground stations?

[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The satellites have laser links so they don't have to be in direct view of a ground station. Starlink works fine in the middle of the ocean as long as you have a plan that allows that. The latency will be higher off shore though.

[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Seems like they have point to point connections that would solve this issue.