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This URL appears to be specific to 1U through 6U cubesats, which are considerably smaller and less capable than a single starlink satellite. Or Oneweb, the most
by walrus01 6y ago
This URL appears to be specific to 1U through 6U cubesats, which are considerably smaller and less capable than a single starlink satellite. Or Oneweb, the most recent other medium large volume satellite manufacturing project.
Of course neither company is publishing any photos/schematics or details whatsoever about their assembly line, because that's a competitive advantage.
- cosmosguru 6y agoThese smaller satellites can support cameras, low data rate communications like IOT via space, etc. I guess if you consider space as the 'highway', the size of the satellites can be motorcycles, small cars to big trucks!
- portillo 6y agoThere are multiple pictures of OneWeb´s assembly line in their website, https://onewebsatellites.com/factory/ https://onewebsatellites.com/factory/ , including pseudo-blueprints: https://bit.ly/32QSDBS https://bit.ly/32QSDBS Still far from what you would expect from a truly automated production line, but it has dedicated stations that allows workers to assemble multiple satellites in parallel.