One has to wonder what FB thinks its core competencies are.
I’m guessing web programming isn’t among them.
Hmm. Infrared links for internet access? To a satellite? The receiver seems like it would have to be at least the size of a briefcase and it’d need a clear view of the sky–it couldn’t be used indoors or in cloudy weather, possibly not in rugged terrain. I don’t see that it matters much whether the satellite is in LEO, MEO, or even GSO–the receiver is going to be pretty big, regardless, it just trades off between complexity of tracking and broadcast power. I don’t see who the target audience would be, or how the company could even begin to recover its launch costs.
Daver,
I think they meant for Sat to Sat communication, not for G to S and S to G Comms.
Ok Rand, the 64$ unanswered question is what would this many payloads do to the price elasticity of the Launch market?
Sounds to me like the real winner will be SpaceX.
One has to wonder what FB thinks its core competencies are.
I’m guessing web programming isn’t among them.
Hmm. Infrared links for internet access? To a satellite? The receiver seems like it would have to be at least the size of a briefcase and it’d need a clear view of the sky–it couldn’t be used indoors or in cloudy weather, possibly not in rugged terrain. I don’t see that it matters much whether the satellite is in LEO, MEO, or even GSO–the receiver is going to be pretty big, regardless, it just trades off between complexity of tracking and broadcast power. I don’t see who the target audience would be, or how the company could even begin to recover its launch costs.
Daver,
I think they meant for Sat to Sat communication, not for G to S and S to G Comms.
Ok Rand, the 64$ unanswered question is what would this many payloads do to the price elasticity of the Launch market?
That’s what I want your opinion on.