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by martinmunk 1785 days ago
Glad to hear about the the plans for polar orbit. I do volunteer work in Danish version of FEMA and have gotten more involved in our satellite internet solutions. Our biggest challenge is coverage over Greenland, as geostationary satellites are not visible over the horizon. Iridium has coverage, but it’s slow and bulky. We’re awaiting gear to test Starkink, I believe.
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They're not going to do that for a while. All the money is currently tied up to meet their RDOF funding.
They're starting to launch the polar launches next month [0]. SpaceX isn't dependent on RDOF funding to fund their service, it just helps accelerate it and avoid going to the private markets for additional funding and diluting the shares further.

[0] https://spaceflightnow.com/2021/07/27/spacex-to-begin-launch...