What technology is dependent on Satellites/space program lessons?

[iterantunicorn93]

I'm working on a story that takes place in a sci fi world that was disinterested in space travel. So while in some ways it has things we could only dream of its also missing many things that we take for granted.

I'm just as happy to get obvious answers as I am obscure ones, since I might not have thought of them yet.

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[ffutures]

Intercontinental TV - TV is very difficult to transmit over really long distances. You can use cables, but they have very limited bandwidth compared to satellite, and are a lot more expensive, especially if anything goes wrong. With satellite everything but the satellite itself is readily accessible for repairs etc., and that's a big factor in how reliable TV is now. So probably no real-time coverage of wars, sports, and other events, if they aren't happening fairly close to the TV transmitter.