11 Oct
2011
11 Oct
'11
6:24 a.m.
At 05:02 PM 10/11/2011, Daniel Schultz wrote:
It is true that a Geo bird would only cover 1/3 of the Earth, but it would ALWAYS be there, with no need for antenna rotors or keps or a computer for tracking. It would be like picking up a telephone. It would be wonderful for emergency service in a disaster area. It could provide high speed digital communications on the amateur microwave bands in places where the internet is not available.
Given that a single bird would most likely be over the Atlantic, a single GEO bird is of little interest here, compared to something like a P3 one, which at least shares itself around the world.
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