Traditional geostationary orbit (GEO) satellites positioned 35,000 km above Earth create a 600ms network latency bottleneck due to the massive distance signals must travel, making online gaming unplayable and video calls feel delayed; SpaceX's Starlink addresses this by using Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites, which are much closer to Earth and enable faster signal transmission through the straight path of space, providing real-time connectivity.
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On top of that, those cables have to snake around mountains and shipwrecks.
While in space, it's a perfectly straight shot through the void at the maximum speed limit of the universe.
Before Starlink, satellite internet was pretty frustrating because the old school satellites lived way out in GEO, which stands for geostationary orbit at over 35,000 km away. These satellites have to stay that far away to match the Earth's rotation. But that massive distance means sending a signal and getting a reply. what tech experts call a ping takes about 600 milliseconds.
That might not sound like much, but it's enough lag to make any online game unplayable and makes video calls feel like you're talking to someone on the
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