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This is also true of links on the ground, you can't get very far without at least running DCM or other active optical components which add time as well. How it factors between the two really comes down to exactly how it's going to be implemented, particularly on the Starlink side. There's a lot of "could" in terms of getting lower latency than ground links but that doesn't mean it's actually the preferred metric they'll want to chase with their system.