chadenright t1_it5r38l wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in China looked at putting a monitoring satellite in retrograde geostationary orbit via the moon by OkOrdinary5299
Spacex's satellites are intentionally short-lived and have a useful life of just five years. If someone went to the enormous trouble of knocking them all out, SpaceX could just launch a barebones service replacement on the next satellite full of replacements they were going to launch anyways.
Honestly, part of why I'm reluctant to commit to using Starlink is because it sounds like it has very high operating and maintenance costs for that reason. Sure, Musk has made space launches cheaper. Cheap enough to intentionally use short-lived satellites for long-term static services? I don't know....
StevenTM t1_it8aybo wrote
It's not the fact that a tree in the area surrounding your house means your internet cuts out..?
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