INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Small-satellite startup Kepler has done something never before accomplished with satellite-based broadband connectivity: providing a
high-bandwidth to the Arctic
team, which is made up of hundreds of individuals, to transfer data back and forth between the ship and shore-based research stations, which
improves all aspects of working with the considerable quantities of data being gathered by the team.Bulk data transfer has been a challenge
to achieve these kinds of speeds in these locales, either
Kepler is uniquely servicing the poles with two low Earth orbit satellites that are on a polar orbital trajectory, which means they can
provide service to these scientists, which include a multidisciplinary team intent on studying the impact of climate change up close at the
location where its effects are perhaps most dramatic, or at least felt earliest.On the icebreaker floating research ship, Kepler has
demonstrated 38Mbps down, and 120Mbps up, which is coincidentally above the max recommended specs that Google has posted for its highest
quality Stadia game streaming
But this is for science, not gaming
