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		gz5 on Nov 15, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Emergency SOS via satellite >Satellites move rapidly, have low bandwidth, and are located thousands of miles away from Earth, so it can take a few minutes for even short messages to get through. Low orbit satellites can be about 500 kilometers / 300 miles so would be the logical next step?

samcat116 on Nov 15, 2022 [–]

Yes which is why you're seeing LEO constelations now. But most previous ones were in GEO which is much farther away.

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