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by skunkworker 2589 days ago
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