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Geostationary is super far out— you're effectively in constant sun: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geostationary_orbit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geostationa
by mikepurvis 6y ago
Geostationary is super far out— you're effectively in constant sun:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geostationary_orbit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geostationary_orbit
Except, as the parent noted, very briefly during the equinoxes.
- yellowapple 6y agoAnd even that seems "easy" to circumvent by having redundant satellites, such that during the equinoxes (equinoxen?) only a fraction of said satellites are shadowed out at once. Alternately, a massive battery or capacitor bank could give the receiver enough buffer to hold out through an equinox-induced shadowing.