FCC approves SpaceX plan for satellite broadband network

Re:FCC approves SpaceX plan for satellite broadband network by ricardobeat on Friday April 06, 2018 @09:12PM (#16778852)

Aren’t TV satellites something like 5000-30000km away? 200km sounds easy.

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Re:FCC approves SpaceX plan for satellite broadband network by jacquesm on Friday April 06, 2018 @09:27PM (#16778914)

Those are geostationary, these are not. So that's 'easy' as in 'a mere matter of engineering'. You will either have to track the satellite mechanically or by 'beam steering' aka phased arrays. Neither of those are trivial technology wise.

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Re:FCC approves SpaceX plan for satellite broadband network by abakker on Saturday April 07, 2018 @12:03AM (#16779309)

any Idea how big one of these antennas needs to be? Could you mount it on a gimbal similar to a DJI is mom and just have it aim automatically where the signal is strongest?

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