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And this is why microsats make a ton of sense. Google did the right thing in buying Skybox. Instead of 3-4 beastly (and expensive) sats, send up a dozen much sm
by SEJeff 12y ago
And this is why microsats make a ton of sense. Google did the right thing in buying Skybox. Instead of 3-4 beastly (and expensive) sats, send up a dozen much smaller ones and have them use software smarts to talk to eachother. I think that is a much more viable approach longer term for anything such as this in space.
- 7952 12y agoHow exactly could you divide a GNSS satellite in that way? Surely you need to transmit the time signal at a particular power level that would required a certain class of antenna and power system. Each of those satellites would need separate control systems so instead of having one fuel tank and thruster you would need several fuel tanks and thrusters. Frankly the new entrants into the remote sensing market (like Skybox) have yet to make much impact in changing the market. Having a more innovative platform makes little difference to the end user without significant scale (which is currently lacking).