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Re:Orbital edge computing: nano satellite constellations as ... by Retric on Monday October 12, 2020 @12:56PM (#24756511)
You can’t maintain a cluster of things in orbit without actively expending propellent. At best you can have either a long line of cube sats in the exact same orbit, or so many of them in different orbits that you can always communicate between orbits.
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Re:Orbital edge computing: nano satellite constellations as ... by a1369209993 on Monday October 12, 2020 @07:08PM (#24760575)
> You can't maintain a cluster of things in orbit without actively expending propellent.

Well, or physically connecting them with tethers. (Bonus: you no longer need wireless communications between them. Malus: pretty much everything else about this design.)

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