Canada desperately needs a national strategic internet constellation.

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  • RaskolnikovsAxe@lemmy.caOP
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    Terrestrial solutions for remote areas typically have excessive build out and maintenance costs.

    Engineers will do a tradeoff and select the most suitable solution given the criteria. It’s very easy to underestimate costs, particularly over the entire lifetime of the system.

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      And satellite consolations don’t. How are we launching them into space with our friends the Americans, Russia, China or India?