Hundreds or thousands of LEO satellites with laserbeams between them, sounds very Buck Rogers.
I assume they have it all worked out, but it’s hard to believe that is possible, reliable, and safe. Maybe they can deploy the Arc Net Shield while they’re at it. From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2020 1:36 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Now there are ~~ 180 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] <mailto:[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. bp <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> 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] <mailto:[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 -- bp <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> -- AF mailing list [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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