Starlink from 1984

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• natch 0 minutes ago
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• tristanj 1 hour ago
  I'm guessing it's called StarLink because the design uses a Star network topology: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_network
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  • daniela-vera 1 hour ago
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• verzali 1 hour ago
  I honestly thought this would be about Teledesic!
• Krishnaswaroop 54 minutes ago
  This is a great reminder that many of today's "breakthroughs" were imagined decades ago. What's changed isn't just the technology, but the economics and engineering needed to make it practical