In message <can-dau1ga1grgv1r9qcmv7gjmqzxdq0j_d78rxcetvmk-go...@mail.gmail.com> David Farmer <[email protected]> wrote: {... lots of great info about Starlink snipped...}
Sorry for the late reply. I've been a bit unwell (non-Covid). I just wanted to thank David Farmer for the nice explanation of the operation of the Starlink ground stations. It all makes a lot more sense now. I am and was certainly already at least passingly familiar with phased array military radar, and also with WiFi beam forming... which I think even my modest and not even terribly recent 802.11ac SoHo router does. It's certaining interesting to see these same sorts of directional technologies being applied now even to LEO satellite communications. Obviously, this is going to be a great boon to a lot of people in a lot of places... assuming that the whole system isn't over-sold to the point were it becomes massively over-subscribed. I guess we will see about that, in the fullness of time. To the extent that this system helps people & companies throughout the world get online and do useful things, obviously that's all great. It is just sad to know that the price we may all pay for this is that henceforth, wide field night sky photography may become a thing of the past, and something we'll only be able to tell our grandchildren about. Regards, rfg _______________________________________________ apnic-talk mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.apnic.net/mailman/listinfo/apnic-talk
