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Not getting it? Putting faster routers on the satellites has absolutely no effect on the radio bandwidth available between sat and terminal.
by ncmncm 4y ago
Not getting it? Putting faster routers on the satellites has absolutely no effect on the radio bandwidth available between sat and terminal.
- virtuallynathan 4y agoIf each new satellite can put down more spot beams, you can cover more cells for longer. With the spectrum they have, they could put 8 beams on a cell with 100% duty cycle, which is probably around 3.2-4Gbps.
- Tepix 4y agoUse narrower beams and you increase the availble bandwidth. Same as using more wireless access points using lower transmission power each.
- SEJeff 4y agoThey’ve already applied to the FCC for the 2Ghz spectrum. They’re already launching the larger 1.5 satellites that include lasers to limit ground stations. They just had a successful test fire of a starship with the engines mounted this week. What makes you doubt the company that made reusable rockets that land on boats and reflux 13+ times won’t do this? The ENTIRE industry said it was impossible but it was fully within the realm of physics. They pulled it off because it was possible.
- ncmncm 4y agoNOBODY said it was impossible. People doubted they could make it pay, but the US kept handing over money until it did.
- SEJeff 4y agoOh Starlink is still losing massive amounts of money. There’s absolutely no feasible way they’re profitable at this stage. That said. I’m sure the US Department of Defense will effectively write SpaceX a blank check after seeing how quickly they switched to spread spectrum frequency hopping to prevent Russian jamming of comms in Ukraine.