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So the satellite can point a narrow beam. How does it handle multiple connections. Can it aim 1000s of beams at once?
by bilsbie 2y ago
So the satellite can point a narrow beam. How does it handle multiple connections. Can it aim 1000s of beams at once?
- kumarvvr 2y agoI guess the narrow beam, covers quite a bit of area on earth. I guess the "narrow" in the current context is the beam widening to hundreds of miles on earth.
- lutorm 2y agoIIRC the current Starlink beams are of order 10 miles on the ground. So much narrower than you guess.
- pbmonster 2y agoIn theory, yes. Phased arrays can steer as many independent beams as the connected electronics support. I real life, it's probably going to be dozens or maybe hundreds of beams.