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Yes, a ship that big makes a big hole that physically allows the signals to escape the plasma envelope, but beyond that, it has to have a coherent signal with e
by stoobs 2y ago
Yes, a ship that big makes a big hole that physically allows the signals to escape the plasma envelope, but beyond that, it has to have a coherent signal with enough bandwidth for us to watch the video in high definition in near realtime, whilst thundering through the atmosphere at 20,000kph at the same time parts of the ship are being torn apart from the stresses of re-entry, which I find is astonishing.
I very much doubt that the same bandwidth and signal reliability is currently available from just "any orbiting satellite" outside of some military constellations.