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Comment by schiffern

1 year ago

Thanks, this is an important point. I missed the fact that Starlink's orbital planes actually cover the full 360° of RAAN[0], not just 180° like Iridium did (presumably to minimize the number of satellites).

So actually this Iridium-type "seam" disappears, meaning that every satellite should always have co-orbiting "neighbors" on both sides. Cool!

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_ascension_of_the_ascendi...