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Every mass produced sattelite should have an eye on the away from earth side. Constellations should be telescopes by default
by 3seashells 3y ago
Every mass produced sattelite should have an eye on the away from earth side. Constellations should be telescopes by default
- OldGuyInTheClub 3y agoSynching multiple optical telescopes into a single aperture is ... hard. Observatories also have special-purpose instruments behind the glass. Can't imagine those being split into small enough pieces to disperse into a constellation. Also, low LEO isn't great for many kinds of astronomy.
- sapiogram 3y agoYou won't be able to do much astronomy with a smartphone camera mounted to a cubesat, unfortunately. It would be very cool, but not useful.
- mkl 3y agoWe're not talking about cubesats and smartphone cameras. The second-generation Starlink satellites are so big they're waiting for Starship to be ready (2000kg each, with solar arrays 20m long [1]). [1] https://starlinkinsider.com/starlink-gen2-satellites/ https://starlinkinsider.com/starlink-gen2-satellites/