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SpaceX scrubs Friday launch attempt of its tenth batch of Starlink satellites—the first launch that will see all satellites equipped with visors to reduce ground brightness

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  1. Autoxidation
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    Kind of a bummer for me. I’m currently visiting Florida and was hoping the launch would go ahead in the time frame I was here so I could see a launch for the first time in person (or close enough...

    Kind of a bummer for me. I’m currently visiting Florida and was hoping the launch would go ahead in the time frame I was here so I could see a launch for the first time in person (or close enough I could drive to the area and see it go up on the side of the road). At least it was pushed back for a good reason, I’ll have to catch a launch sometime later in life!

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    jcdl
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    It’s a bummer for me that they’re launching so many birds without inter-satellite communication. I got really excited when I did the napkin math on the latency benefits. To me that was kinda the...

    It’s a bummer for me that they’re launching so many birds without inter-satellite communication. I got really excited when I did the napkin math on the latency benefits.

    To me that was kinda the whole point.

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    1. sqew
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      At least they're showing that they'll be able to put lots up really quickly once they've got the inter-satellite links ready to go. After this launch they'll be at ~1/3 of the constellation...

      At least they're showing that they'll be able to put lots up really quickly once they've got the inter-satellite links ready to go. After this launch they'll be at ~1/3 of the constellation completed, and it's been under a year.

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