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Both ends of the starling link are already using directional antennas. The difference in power die to distance is already pretty irrelevant - the satellite is 4
by rkangel 4y ago
Both ends of the starling link are already using directional antennas. The difference in power die to distance is already pretty irrelevant - the satellite is 400km up and we're talking about offsets of 10km on the ground. The 400km part of that is far more dominant making the power difference to the 'next satellite over' be very small.
- Retric 4y ago“Both ends of the starlink are already using directional antennas” Sure, but it’s critical to understand the associated benefits when doing this kind of analysis. If you’re talking average 10km separation on the ground that would mean stupid high constilation densities. A lower densities it’s more meaningful. PS: I got to 1 billion customers assuming different hardware and more satellites not just more satellites. The only way 100,000 customers “works” is a none viable and lower bandwidth per customer business model, but the goal was to illustrate a point. Space X is aiming for an economic sweet spot, not the outer edge of what’s technically possible.