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No, even with proposed inter-satellite routing paths, they are too slow. The trading industry has very much done the math on this.

The comparison is against radio and hollow-core fiber, not conventional fiber.



Laser links between satellites have been active since late 2022, or was there some additional improvement you're referring to?


I haven't kept track of that, but there is no other improvement. Even with the straightest possible laser links in space, they are too slow.




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