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d_silin
TL;DR: it is new semiconductor fabs that Elon wants to build.
SilverElfin
The last thing the world wants is a million satellites permanently polluting our night skies. These projects need to be banned.
Gravityloss
If they are in sun synchronous orbit, I assume it would show up as a south-north string near the terminator (sunset / sunrise). Not visible at midnight.
Gravityloss
Maybe a bit far forward looking but I think the idea has merit from first principles. It makes sense to analyze things from power perspective. Of course there are other limitations as well.