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inemesitaffia on Oct 11, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Starlink Direct to Cell

There will never be more than 12k sats up at a time

throwawaaarrgh on Oct 11, 2023 [–]

No? They can have many more and plan to. They just have a limited authorization for 12k for the short term.

inemesitaffia on Oct 12, 2023 | [–]

They can have millions, they don't plan to have more than 12k up at the same time. 40k is the estimated cumulative number for the currently planned lifecycle

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