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> Instead of placing antenna arrays adjacent to one another, we used tiny antenna element structures to overlay one over the other. This has never been accompli
by modeless 6y ago
> Instead of placing antenna arrays adjacent to one another, we used tiny antenna element structures to overlay one over the other. This has never been accomplished in the Ka-band
Starlink does this but in the Ku band. Starlink is 2 feet in diameter vs. 1 foot for Kuiper. Much more portable, although I imagine still far too power hungry to run off a laptop and of course still far from cell phone sized.
- blacksmith_tb 6y agoSeems like they both have a lot of potential on the roof of vehicles (airplanes included). Or even as a 'ground station' for a neighborhood or village (but that depends on the latitudes they cover, and their billing structure).