Re:Welcome to Nomehenge, Home to Alaska’s Soviet-Era Antennas
by jacquesm on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @11:55AM
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I think one of the main reasons why they are so enthusiastic about it is that the cost of these satellites is low enough that there are so many of them that taking them out is much harder than with even the most hardened military satellites of which there will never be significant numbers. If the cost of the munition outweighs the cost of the satellite then your satellite network is pretty safe.
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Re:Welcome to Nomehenge, Home to Alaska’s Soviet-Era Antennas
by walrus01 on Thursday June 24, 2021 @09:39AM
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That is a good point, and generally they want as many paths/redundancies as possible. The DoD has its own molniya orbit satellites, quite recently launched, but capacity is limited.