You mean 4-5 kg of TNT. Starlink is not relativistic yet. | Hacker News

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		weregiraffe on Feb 2, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Starlink's laser system is beaming 42 petabytes of... You mean 4-5 kg of TNT. Starlink is not relativistic yet.

mlindner on Feb 3, 2024 [–]

I mistyped the comment. It should be 4-5 tons of TNT for the entire satellite.

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