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An operator of geostationary satellites talking trash about low Earth orbit satellites (SpaceX, Amazon, OneWeb) naturally raises some of the key technical trade offs inherent in any system operating in spaaaaace. To get X you can't have Y due to physics. spaceintelreport.com/viasat-on-amaz…
Dankberg: "Starlink's altitude is lower, the EIRP is lower, and in order to get the geographic coverage they have increased the look angles they are going to support. It’s not clear they are going to have cross-links.
Surely they’ll have inter-satellite links.
It's not clear."
Surely they’ll have inter-satellite links.
It's not clear."
Reducing cost of launch is a big enabler for LEOs. SpaceX has low-cost launch and [Bezos-owned] Blue Origin does." [Iridium was] way over-built — $5-$6 billion for 70-plus satellites...these [broadband LEO] satellites are not being overbuilt. They’re built for 5-7 -year life."
"This first wave as a demonstration set, with no satellite-to-satellite communication links. Depending on how the demonstrations proceed, from two to six Starlink launches could follow by the end of this year, she said." geekwire.com/2019/spacex-pl…
