Engineering · Interactive demo
Why does Starlink feel so fast?
Drop a satellite from 36,000 km to about 500 km and watch the round trip shrink from half a second to a few milliseconds, and why you then need thousands.
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This interactive demo gives you a visual way into engineering. The key ideas include satellites, internet, latency, space.
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