Comment on A classified network of SpaceX satellites is emitting a mysterious signalparentComments−robotresearcher10moAlso 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.−jdonaldson10moI'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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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.
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.