Re:SpaceX Starlink is now its own ASN and present at the Sea...
by shaklee3 on Friday June 05, 2020 @01:08AM
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People have worked on phased arrays for decades. It's not going to shrink much, and I don't think it'll be any less expensive.
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Re:SpaceX Starlink is now its own ASN and present at the Sea...
by cududa on Friday June 05, 2020 @11:58AM
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People have worked on vehicles to get us to space for decades. It's not going to shrink much, and I don't think it'll be any less expensive. ... enter SpaceX
Re:SpaceX Starlink is now its own ASN and present at the Sea...
by shaklee3 on Friday June 05, 2020 @12:14PM
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Except Elon just admitted this:
https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-spacex-starlink-sa...
The satellites were never the challenging part; cross-links and the user terminal were always the most difficult pieces.