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swarnie on July 7, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Starlink Maritime

Antarctica is maybe 4000 people and some penguin shit.

Why does it matter if they are covered or not?

RockRobotRock on July 7, 2022 [–]

Pretty sure it was a joke.

zeristor on July 7, 2022 | | [–]

It’s land, isn’t it?

I thought there were plans for polar orbiting Starlink satellites to cover polar bases.

Even so it should be a map of the full planet

swarnie on July 7, 2022 | | [–]

Its very hard to tell on this website.

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