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How the hell is this going to work? Starlink upgrade to beam down cellular signals? That's black magic.. software defined radio finally finds its niche.
by keepquestioning 4y ago
How the hell is this going to work? Starlink upgrade to beam down cellular signals?
That's black magic.. software defined radio finally finds its niche.
- wmf 4y agoIt's not magic; there are three companies doing LTE from space. On the satellite side it requires new hardware including a massive antenna.
- fastball 4y agoStarlink v2 satellites are being outfitted with giant (25 m^2) phased array antennae for this purpose, which they will use to communicate with normal cellular antennas in the PCS spectrum range (~1.9GHz)
- keepquestioning 4y agoAdding a larger antennae adds more operational risk, does it not?