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SpaceX Eyes 1 Million Satellites for Orbital Data Center Push (au.pcmag.com)

submitted 3 days ago by FundMECFS@anarchist.nexus to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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In a late Friday FCC filing, the company mentions deploying a staggering 'one million satellites' in orbits ranging from 500 kilometers to 2,000km.

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[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Just curious, why wouldn't it be a good idea?

[–] Nomad@infosec.pub 17 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Literally the only thing that works for this idea is solar energy and half the RTT because there is no need to route both up from the earth and back down. You can't maintain that, its hard to cool, its expensive to send up there, radiation not good for computers and on and on.

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Fair enough

[–] luthis@lemmy.nz 9 points 3 days ago

"I'm just going to the datacenter to replace a hard drive"

[–] bisby@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

https://youtu.be/d-YcVLq98Ew

Basically there aren't a lot of upsides and plenty of downsides

[–] Sineljora@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days ago

Kessler syndrome