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> can make functional satellites By reducing their "function" until they're basically a battery with a radio repeater strapped onto it. Obviously it's a bit m
by akira2501 7y ago
> can make functional satellites
By reducing their "function" until they're basically a battery with a radio repeater strapped onto it. Obviously it's a bit more complicated, but there's very little these satellites actually have to _do_.
- sneak 7y agoThe Starlink satellites additionally have krypton ion thrusters for stationkeeping as well as to raise their orbits from their 290 km deployment altitude up to the 550 km service altitude.
- lutorm 7y agoion thruster, star trackers, phased array antennas, reaction wheels, torque rods, solar panels... they pretty much do everything every other satellite does.