What's the difference in speed between the laser and RF links?
On Thu, Jan 30, 2020 at 10:40 AM Bill Prince <[email protected]> wrote:
> Not what I read. The early sats (the ones other than the first 60) do not
> have the laser communications between them, but they do have an RF link
> between them. They are functional.
>
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> bp
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> On 1/29/2020 7:56 PM, Ryan Ray wrote:
>
> The sats that are up there now also are not equipped to communicate with
> each other. There is no inner satellite communication. Everything has to
> come down to ground stations right now.
>
> On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 12:08 PM Bill Prince <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>> SpaceX got another 60 Starlink sats into orbit this morning. That brings
>> the functional constellation to 180 sats. The first batch of 60 don't
>> count since they are not equipped to communicate with each other.
>> Various reports say either 300 or 400 sats are required to get a basic
>> minimal functioning system. At the rate they're going, this may mean
>> they will have achieved their goal in another couple of months (they
>> want to do 2 launches per month).
>>
>>
>> https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-3-satellites-launch-rocket-landing-success.html
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