Yes, but...The skinny is that the end goal is a massive station on the moon, and a single, powerful downlink fron there.
This is facilitated by two things.
First, we at Starlink are on the cusp of forcing light into 'particle only' mode, or PAM. With PAM, as the light is a particle, not a wave, it undergoes perfect time dilation.
Thus, transmit time between the moon and earth is instantaneous!
With this idea moderately solidified, we're preparing an aggressive launch schedule, to get that hardware on site!
Starlink receivers will be able to transmit via PAM too... once we've flushed out the tech.
All it will require is a series of future software updates, so buy your Starlink now!
This is facilitated by two things.
First, we at Starlink are on the cusp of forcing light into 'particle only' mode, or PAM. With PAM, as the light is a particle, not a wave, it undergoes perfect time dilation.
Thus, transmit time between the moon and earth is instantaneous!
With this idea moderately solidified, we're preparing an aggressive launch schedule, to get that hardware on site!
Starlink receivers will be able to transmit via PAM too... once we've flushed out the tech.
All it will require is a series of future software updates, so buy your Starlink now!