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		robotresearcher 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A classified network of SpaceX satellites is emitt... Also where terrestrial access is denied by the local government or infra has been disabled or destroyed. I hope Starlink can maintain enough regular non-crisis subscribers to subsidize this incredibly helpful use case. Perhaps governments could/do pay a retainer to keep this option alive.

jdonaldson 5 months ago [–]

I'm quite sure that's what's already going on. LEO is big and empty and pretty boring, but it's also resilient to increasing trends of natural disaster, war, and civil unrest. Having a foothold there matters more and more every day.

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