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What if there are clouds ? What if some space debris hits it ? what's the outlook of this ?
by wiz21c 3y ago
What if there are clouds ? What if some space debris hits it ?
what's the outlook of this ?
- iso1631 3y agoClouds don't stop your satellite TV working. Some types of clouds can cause rain fade on certain frequencies. If space debris hits it's the same as any other satellite
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago> What if there are clouds MAPLE "radiates microwave energy at 9.884 GHz" [1]. At this frequency, water vapor attenuates, but by less than dry air [2]. > What if some space debris hits it It breaks. [1] https://www.its.caltech.edu/~sslab/PUBLICATIONS/2022%20IEEE%20Paper%20%231570826333.pdf https://www.its.caltech.edu/~sslab/PUBLICATIONS/2022%20IEEE%... [2] https://www.itu.int/dms_pubrec/itu-r/rec/p/R-REC-P.676-9-201202-S!!PDF-E.pdf https://www.itu.int/dms_pubrec/itu-r/rec/p/R-REC-P.676-9-201... Figure 5
- JoeAltmaier 3y agoRe: debris. A real problem. It's made of cheaper flexible lightweight components. Have some spares; lift some more. It'll all be about the MTBF