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Re:'We've bought the wrong satellites': UK tech gamble baffl... by Junk_Collector on Friday June 26, 2020 @01:31PM (#23654564)
These satellites are likely too small to support a proper positioning system. They would need the radio transmitters, power system, and clocks all redesigned at which point you have an entirely new satellite.
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Re:'We've bought the wrong satellites': UK tech gamble baffl... by Dylan16807 on Monday June 29, 2020 @09:40AM (#23677453)
> power system

I see different size estimates for these satellites but none of them suggest it would be hard for them to spend 10 watts on an atomic clock and 50 watts on a constant transmission. Am I forgetting something?

> radio transmitter

You can't just slap on a significantly simpler antenna?

> clocks

I have no idea here.

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