Episode Details

Flying over the ocean with working Wi-Fi used to be a pipe dream. This episode breaks down how Starlink's LEO constellation delivers low-latency, high-throughput connectivity to aircraft at 37,000 feet. We cover the physics of bent-pipe GEO satellites, inter-satellite laser links, phased-array antennas, Doppler compensation, and the software that routes data through a mesh of satellites moving at 17,500 mph.