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Starcloud can’t put a data centre in space at $8.2M in one Starship

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199 points angadh | 4 comments | 26 Jun 25 20:06 UTC | HN request time: 0.204s | source
1. hartator ◴[27 Jun 25 16:27 UTC] No.44398110[source]▶
> There, 24/7 solar power is unhindered by day/night cycles, weather, and atmospheric losses (attenuation).

Wouldn’t the earth still get in the way of the sun or it’s too far away?

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2. ◴[27 Jun 25 17:57 UTC] No.44398850[source]▶
3. diabeetusman ◴[27 Jun 25 18:03 UTC] No.44398897[source]▶
Normally yes, but the L1 Lagrange point always would have an unobstructed view of the sun. Granted, L1 is a lot further away than LEO (~3x the distance to the moon), so that makes it harder and more expensive to get to
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4. qayxc ◴[27 Jun 25 22:32 UTC] No.44400877[source]▶
You don't need to go that far. That's what sun-synchronous orbits are for.