Laser path across the Atlantic

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Difficulty 4 of 5

London to New York: the subsea fiber takes 29.5 ms one way. Keep two of the four ground stations (2,500 USD/mo each, budget 6,000) and draw a laser path. Each 10 ms, 200 trades and 100 MB of replication leave London. Trades need a median under 28.5 ms; nothing may be lost.

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The board at the start of the level
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Lasers in orbit, New York to London · 7,151 km · 24 ms one way

Goals and limits

p50 latency
under 29 ms
Availability
at least 99%
Monthly cost
under 6,000 USD/mo

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