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References
[1] https://www.spacex.com/sites/s....pacex/files/starlink
[2]https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/....nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.
[3] https://licensing.fcc.gov/myib....fs/download.do?attac
[4]https://www.submarinecablemap.....com/#/submarine-cabl
[5] http://www.m2optics.com/blog/b....id/70587/Calculating
[6] https://www.commscope.com/Docs..../Latency_in_optical_
[7] https://www.nutsvolts.com/maga....zine/article/how-pha
[8] https://twitter.com/thesheetzt....weetz/status/1128793
[9] http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/100....62262/7/Handley_hotn
[10] https://youtu.be/QEIUdMiColU?t=252
[11] https://www.businesswire.com/n....ews/home/20150924005
[12] https://docs.fcc.gov/public/at....tachments/DOC-355102 https://docs.fcc.gov/public/at....tachments/FCC-18-38A
[13] http://www.satsig.net/latency.htm
[14] https://www.nextbigfuture.com/....2018/12/spacex-starl
[15] https://www.digisat.org/kymeta....-kyway-u7-8w-ku-term
[16] https://www.govtech.com/networ....k/Deploying-5G-Will-

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