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Re:Musk shakes up SpaceX in race to make satellite launch wi... by rfdave on Thursday November 01, 2018 @09:20PM (#18359985)
Not really. You'd be surprised how easy a LEO link budget is, the free space path loss isn't much more than a cell phone link.
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Re:Musk shakes up SpaceX in race to make satellite launch wi... by shaklee3 on Thursday November 01, 2018 @11:11PM (#18360418)
I'm familiar with a link budget. That doesn't have anything to do with how much a phased array antenna costs.
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