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It is possible to reflect the light away from earth and the satellite, which is all the astronomers want and is blocking the light from reaching the main body o
by gpm 6y ago
It is possible to reflect the light away from earth and the satellite, which is all the astronomers want and is blocking the light from reaching the main body of the satellite.
It is also possible to absorb the heat somewhere else if you do just absorb the light.
- throwaway2048 6y agoIts not possible to keep the angle consistent without constant active station keeping, which would require an entire redesign.
- gpm 6y agoI mean... for any sort of shade to work they must be doing some sort of station keeping to keep it between the satellite and the sun. Moreover they need stationkeeping on their final orbit to point their antenna in the right direction. So I'm not sure I see your point?