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Re:5G Is Likely to Put Weather Forecasting at Risk by mturmon on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @01:41PM (#19675645)
In addition to the good points raised nearby: The data rate from radio telescopes is enormous.
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Re:5G Is Likely to Put Weather Forecasting at Risk by twothamendment on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @01:47PM (#19675696)
Just put a 5G tower on the radio tele... nevermind.
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Re:5G Is Likely to Put Weather Forecasting at Risk by sandworm101 on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @02:18PM (#19675961)
Data rates are high for the particular types of astronomy being done today because they are the cheaper capability. Adding new electronics to existing telescopes is less expensive than building a larger dish. But any astronomer would trade those date rates for the greater sensitivity/resolution and decreased noise of a massive space-based dish.
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Re:5G Is Likely to Put Weather Forecasting at Risk by nine_k on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @08:28PM (#19678577)
The stream is also in one direction.

I suspect an optical (laser) emitter could transmit either directly to Earth or to a retransmission satellite at GSO that already has a beefy radio downlink, and also serves as a regular comm sat.

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