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Re:Space Solar Power Demonstrator ends first in-space mission by londons_explore on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @05:25PM (#39020013)
But at those higher orbits, the size of the antenna necessary to get sufficient directionality gets waaaaaay bigger right?
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Re:Space Solar Power Demonstrator ends first in-space mission by WJW on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @05:32PM (#39020073)
There's lots of space up there though.
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Re:Space Solar Power Demonstrator ends first in-space mission by dredmorbius on Wednesday January 17, 2024 @02:05PM (#39031934)
Launch cost scales with orbital distance.
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Re:Space Solar Power Demonstrator ends first in-space mission by ordu on Wednesday January 17, 2024 @07:40AM (#39026909)
Yeah, and I presume this is one of the reasons they've chosen LEO. To cut costs of the experiment.
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