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Subsea Cable to Connect Asia, Europe, and North Am...
The refractive index of air is
very
close to that of vacuum (which is 1), so most Starlink transmissions between nodes (ground-satellite, and satellite-satellite) will travel at near light speed.
jsjohnst
on Dec 24, 2021
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> The refractive index of air is very close to that of vacuum
Yeah, 1.0003 vs 1.0. Very close, but not the same was my point.
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