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I'm curious how many RF channels there are for this "cellular" network? There's some limit to the number of dedicated channels, and after they're full they have to share time with other nodes.
I'd be surprised if these little gizmos can handle all of the Netflix streams when the evening crunch hits.
Of course this positions SpaceX to be a leader in intrasolar communications. Test here where it's easier to fix mistakes. Debris relatively quickly suffers orbital degradation and re-enters the atmosphere, so there's a cleanup mechanism there. Not so for orbits around the moon, for instance. Solar wind would have to slowly clean up that junk.
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