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Looks like that's a purely speculative assumption the blog author made, not a fact. I'm not sure why he made that assumption given that Starlink doesn't actually stop working at night.

Fair point that in SSO you'd need 2-3x the radiator area (and half the solar panels, and minimal/no batteries). I don't think that invalidates my point though.

>>Ajedi3+(OP)
Article doesn't say the satellites stop working in their dark phase, it says they consume 300W in the dark phase based on some battery math.