HTS use numerous narrow spot-beams and on-board processing to deliver dramatically higher data rates than legacy FSS, with platforms like Boeing 702X and SES-17 featuring fully digital, reconfigurable payloads. HTS constellations can deliver terabits of capacity worldwide to power broadband, backhaul, IoT and government networks. Modern HTS platforms operate primarily in Ku/Ka-bands and increasingly in…
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Fiber-optic broadband latency is typically a few milliseconds on local networks, with total latency to nearby servers generally in the 10–30 ms range. Geostationary satellites sit about 22,000 miles (35,000 km) above Earth, producing round-trip latencies of roughly 600–650 ms. Starlink uses a low-Earth orbit constellation, delivering typical latencies of about 20–50 ms and, by…
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