[YjSe2GMQ]

Apart from the launch method - how is this going to be different from existing VSAT deployments? They're quite expensive (starting from ~thousand dollars per month):

http://www.melatnetworks.com/price-list.asp

Or those, with prices around 50usd/gb:

https://www.vsat-systems.com/service-offerings/VAR-VNO-Deale...

I doubt every Tesla will have one on board. LTE is so much cheaper.

Quite useful for medium and large marine vessels, or truly remote locations tho.

[skunkworker]

Their satellites are in Geostationary orbit (about 22,236 miles away). This constellation is at 400 miles.

22,236 in Lightseconds: 0.11936716 (one way) 400 in Ls: 0.0021472775.

(assuming directly overhead)

~250ms round trip for GEO vs 4.2ms for LEO

[foota]

I believe the primary difference between starlink and other satellite internet is that it will be lower down.