The comment (speculation?) about laser communications between satellites in different orbital planes suggest challenges in tracking. I am really curious about the mechanics of tracking and laser pointing.
Gene
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> On May 11, 2023, at 6:28 PM, David Lang <[email protected]> wrote:
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> On Thu, 11 May 2023, Eugene Y Chang via Starlink wrote:
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>> What do we know about Starlink’s use of laser links for
>> satellite-to-satellite communications? I am most curious about the
>> challenges of pointing the laser at a moving target.
>
> We know they do it, we see starlink coverage in areas that could not be
> served without such communication. But we have no details of how they do it
> or the problems they solved in creating the system.
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