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The entire underside of these satellites is a big phased array antenna. Maybe you can paint it so it absorbs all the other wavelengths, but it would be counterp
by infogulch 3mo ago
The entire underside of these satellites is a big phased array antenna. Maybe you can paint it so it absorbs all the other wavelengths, but it would be counterproductive to absorb the radio wavelengths used by the antenna itself since ground emitters would have to increase the gain to get through it.
- DoctorOetker 3mo agocommunication link bandwidths are typically miniscule compared to optical spectrum of the sun
- infogulch 3mo agoSure, maybe you can find a paint that is black in all bands except for the ones used by the satellite. It won't use carbon black.