3 ms·the majority is likely in radio waves and the inter satellite laser communicationby adgjlsfhk1 9mo agothe majority is likely in radio waves and the inter satellite laser communicationhdgvhicv 9mo agoInter sat comms cancels out - every kw sent by one sat is received by another.mlyle 9mo agoIt doesn't, because the beams are not so tight that they all fall on the target satellite, and not all of that is absorbed :P