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Is this a security issue? Could someone hold open communications with them and effectively DOS Houston?
by naz 16y ago
Is this a security issue? Could someone hold open communications with them and effectively DOS Houston?
- ugh 16y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Space_Station#Communications http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Space_Station#Com... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracking_and_Data_Relay_Satellite http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracking_and_Data_Relay_Satelli... It seems all their important stuff is routed via satellites in geosynchronous orbit.
- phuff 16y agoAs wglb points out, they frequently talk on their amateur radio as a means of entertainment. A lot of astronauts that go up to the ISS get licenses so they can chat with people when they get bored and have some free time on their hands.
- jrockway 16y agoIs low-Earth orbit inside the FCC's jurisdiction? (Just wondering why they need licenses in space. They're in space!)
- bradleyland 16y agoNope. HAM has its own spectrum that is unrelated to the station's primary communications radios, so keying your mic over and over or continuously transmitting just means you'd be disrupting HAM communication (not very nice). As ugh pointed out, all the important communication uses satellite communication links that are likely digital. It is more difficult to disrupt digital communications than it is analog. You'd have to send out a signal that was specifically designed to disrupt their communications, which can be triangulated in a hurry. It wouldn't be log before a bunch of black Suburban were parked outside your transmitting location.