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Which is why a geostationary orbit would be much more feasible. Constant solar exposure with a minimal ground-track footprint that can be reliably pointed at t
by dabluecaboose 3y ago
Which is why a geostationary orbit would be much more feasible. Constant solar exposure with a minimal ground-track footprint that can be reliably pointed at the same ground station 24/7.
In fact, if we're already beaming power (assuming this works reliably enough) it might make sense to have a set of birds "surfing the terminator" in a polar orbits that can then transmit to geostationary birds which in turn transmit to ground stations.
- jacquesm 3y agoIt makes for good science fiction. But the footprint of the spot on the receiving end would be such that most of the energy would be lost. Even at an opening angle of only 10 degrees (which would be pretty good) from LEO you'd be looking at a 50 km spot size.
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