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Sounds like there’s some additional EMI shielding that is needed for future iterations of megaconstellations. On the plus side since they have relatively (compa
by AgentK20 3y ago
Sounds like there’s some additional EMI shielding that is needed for future iterations of megaconstellations. On the plus side since they have relatively (compared to geosync satellites) short lifespans of only a few years they can probably sort this out by passively fixing the next generation of satellites. Additionally, from what I have seen of the way they pack the Starlink satellites into the fairing, they seem to be volume constrained in the fairing rather than mass constrained, so there may be additional mass budget available for little overhead.
- schiffern 3y agoI wonder if there's also potential for software mitigations on existing satellites? They already power down the radios when flying over RF quiet zones, so it might be possible to power down (or reconfigure) other components to reduce EMI leakage.
- hoseja 3y agoAfter the first couple space wars we'll have such shielding figured out. Until then, fat chance.