On 1/22/23 21:54, Tom Beecher wrote:
Yes re: Iridium. Contrary to what the Chief Huckster may say, inter-sat
comms are not some revolutionary thing that he invented.
It’s also not likely to function anything like they show in marketing
promos, with data magically zipping around the constellation between
nodes in different inclinations. Unless they have managed to solve for
the Doppler effect in a way nobody has thought of yet.
I know of a group of satellite FPGA/RF guys who have worked on this
doppler thingy. It is a solved problem.
