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1. 2001zh+WF4[view] [source] 2026-02-05 00:41:25
>>ajyoon+(OP)
I was gonna say it is good for low-ping game servers, but then I remembered that the data center would literally be orbiting around the planet and ping would fluctuate by tens of milliseconds every few minutes.
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2. shagie+u05[view] [source] 2026-02-05 03:34:14
>>2001zh+WF4
It's worse than that (in terms of ping) because the typical "we get 100% solar" means that it's in a polar orbit over the dawn/dusk terminator ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun-synchronous_orbit ).

During the day or night, it will never be overhead.

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