This may be a pedantic difference, but it's an important one: You
haven't been to low earth orbit unless you accelerated to 17,000mph or
so. You might have visited the edge of orbital altitude at some point,
but you weren't "in orbit" unless you also achieved the required Delta-V.
Geosync is quite a bit further than low orbit. 26,000 miles or so, and
you have to go even faster to stay there.
I have no idea what the rules are for owning a satellite. I doubt
there's any rent, but getting the speed is expensive enough to be a
barrier to entry for almost anyone.
On 2/25/2021 12:43 PM, Matt Hoppes wrote:
So here me out. I've been to low earth orbit (90,000 feet) with
equipment I can get in my basement/hardware store. I've beamed
signals back from 90,000 feet to a radio in my truck.
I'm familiar with how AmSats work (although have not sent one up myself).
What is preventing a WISP from putting together a solar powered
GeoSync satellite that has a few Cambium Spots on it to fully cover
your coverage area?
Yes, you'd have capacity issues if you didn't plan it correctly, but
is there technically any reason I can't run a 5GHz link to a
satellite? Do you have to pay a "rental" fee to occupy a space in
space to park your bird?
Yes, I realize there would be latency, but if you keep the throughput
there (something Hughes Doesn't Do), the experience wouldn't be half
bad for most things..
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