Basically inverse square law - see 
http://www.spaceacademy.net.au/spacelink/spcomcalc.htm

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> On Jun 1, 2019, at 4:47 PM, Sean Heskett <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Same amount of clouds tho.
> 
> What’s the free space path loss of outer space??
> 
> 
> 
>> On Sat, Jun 1, 2019 at 1:20 PM Bill Prince <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Sure. But after the clouds, geostationary still needs to go another 23,000 
>> miles. LEO only has to go a few hundred.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> bp
>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
>> 
>>> On 6/1/2019 10:47 AM, Mathew Howard wrote:
>>> Clouds are generally a lot lower than a couple hundred miles... 
>>> 
>>>> On Sat, Jun 1, 2019, 10:58 AM Bill Prince <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> Maybe at geostationary distances, but these are only a few hundred miles 
>>>> up.
>>>> 
>>>> bp
>>>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
>>>> 
>>>> On 6/1/2019 8:56 AM, Matt Hoppes wrote:
>>>> > Don't those bands have significant attenuation issues with like... 
>>>> > clouds?
>>>> >
>>>> > On 6/1/19 10:55 AM, Bill Prince wrote:
>>>> >> According to Wikipedia, they will be on Ku, Ka, and V bands.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlink_(satellite_constellation)
>>>> >>
>>>> >> bp
>>>> >> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> On 6/1/2019 7:46 AM, Jaime Solorza wrote:
>>>> >>> Wonder what frequencies they will use?
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-satellites-phone-home-dimming.html
>>>> >>>  
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>
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