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Re:Nuclear should be considered part of clean energy standar... by 8note on Friday April 02, 2021 @04:02PM (#26675346)
With geostationary? Don't they track a location on the earth? Is the satellite not in the earth's shadow at night?
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Re:Nuclear should be considered part of clean energy standar... by mikepurvis on Friday April 02, 2021 @04:09PM (#26675413)
Geostationary is super far out— you're effectively in constant sun:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geostationary_orbit

Except, as the parent noted, very briefly during the equinoxes.

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Re:Nuclear should be considered part of clean energy standar... by yellowapple on Friday April 02, 2021 @05:54PM (#26676371)
And even that seems "easy" to circumvent by having redundant satellites, such that during the equinoxes (equinoxen?) only a fraction of said satellites are shadowed out at once. Alternately, a massive battery or capacitor bank could give the receiver enough buffer to hold out through an equinox-induced shadowing.
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