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Semi off-topic question. Would it be possible or reasonable to mount small energy efficient high resolution cameras on the opposing side of the satellite and m
by LinuxBender 5y ago
Semi off-topic question. Would it be possible or reasonable to mount small energy efficient high resolution cameras on the opposing side of the satellite and make a real time grid picture of space, then open source the data to any scientists or astronomers that want it? Could that be a feature request for the next model of their satellite?
- thro1 5y agoI wish it too. The cost of static, not synchronized, efficient cameras shall be marginal. Semi off-topic answer by teraflop, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25055543 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25055543 : .. Now you have to think about how to aim the antennas. Presumably you can't just reorient the entire satellite, because its main job is to keep its ground-facing antennas aimed at the ground and its solar panels aimed at the sun. So you need to add a separate antenna pointing mechanism, with a fairly wide range of very accurate movement along multiple axes, so that all of the radio antennas can observe the same region of the sky simultaneously..
- mlindner 5y agoNo it's not feasible for multiple reasons but the primary one being cost. Putting high quality optics on so many satellites is cost exorbitant and the problem isn't the quantity of optics, it's the quality needed to be cost effective.