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I don't know how they had any communications at all, doesn't the plasma surrounding the craft act as a Faraday cage? Edit: supposedly the Space Shuttle could a
by HPsquared 2y ago
I don't know how they had any communications at all, doesn't the plasma surrounding the craft act as a Faraday cage?
Edit: supposedly the Space Shuttle could also communicate with satellites during re-entry. There's a hole in the plasma behind the spacecraft and, Starship being large, must leave a bigger opening for the signals to pass through.
- ceejayoz 2y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communications_blackout#Spacecraft_reentry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communications_blackout#Spacec... > Until the creation of the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS), the Space Shuttle endured a 30-minute blackout. The TDRSS allowed the Shuttle to communicate by relay with a Tracking and Data Relay Satellite during re-entry, through a "hole" in the ionized air envelope at the tail end of the craft, created by the Shuttle's shape. Starlink's just much higher bandwidth.