10 Sep
2006
10 Sep
'06
4:41 p.m.
If two sats like Hamsat (or Echo) were in orbit at the same time and could see each other ...
Could User#1 uplink to Sat-A and then Sat-A would link to Sat-B (probably on one of the higher microwave bands) then Sat-B would downlink to User#2 and User#2 would uplink to Sat-B and be relayed to Sat-A and down to User#1 ??
If this could be done there would be a much larger footprint and launch costs would be far less expensive, correct?
Les W4SCO