If they had RF inter satellite links there would be a license for that and I haven't seen one. Could have missed it. Anyone see anything?
On Thu, Jan 30, 2020 at 2:16 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > I believe they are using lasers derived from shark eyes. Those work > better in space. > > *From:* Mark Radabaugh > *Sent:* Thursday, January 30, 2020 12:49 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: Now there are ~~ 180 > > Speed of light in glass varies but it’s about 80% of vacuum. Density > matters! Or is it matter makes density? If your dense does it matter? > If you're not matter does that give you energy? > > Mark > > On Jan 30, 2020, at 2:45 PM, Bill Prince <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I think he means bandwidth as opposed to "speed". Surely latency would be > almost indistinguishable. However, there could be a lot of difference in > the bandwidth. Regardless of the sat-to-sat speed, the downlink/uplink will > still be the gating factor. > > bp > <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> > > > On 1/30/2020 11:40 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > In a vacuum it should be the same. > > *From:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Thursday, January 30, 2020 12:36 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > *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]> 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]> 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] >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > > ------------------------------ > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > > ------------------------------ > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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