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Aren’t you overlooking constraints on transmit power for mobile transmitters being better served my low earth orbit than higher orbits?
by jjtheblunt 2y ago
Aren’t you overlooking constraints on transmit power for mobile transmitters being better served my low earth orbit than higher orbits?
- Jtsummers 2y agoThey're also overlooking the actual prices of GEO satellites versus LEO. LEO is much cheaper than GEO, there's a reason DOD and others are moving towards it and it's not that it's a fad. GEO has a few specific benefits but cost is not one of them.
- jjtheblunt 2y agogreat point; agreed