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JohnBarnes
JohnBarnes
10/23/2017 2:35:49 PM
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Re: Next Generation Satellites
mhhf1ve,

I absolutely concur.  And the specific features that Quantum has moved into software control are exactly the ones that are going to be needed for cheap, disposable LEO belt satellites (though I would bet those satellites don't stay "nano" for terribly long; a good-sized antenna and power array is going to be too useful to pass up, and even in the "narrow" confines of LEO, space is big).

Given the intrinsic problems of geostationary orbit (huge unavoidable latency, large energy costs for both placement and disposal, and being on the wrong side of the Van Allen belts for any kind of maintenance or modification mission), the future is probably in LEO -- and the physics of LEO (short orbital period, mainly, but also much bigger stationkeeping problems) dictate  a need for exactly the kind of software-driven flexibility that is developing in Quantum.

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mhhf1ve
mhhf1ve
10/23/2017 1:36:36 PM
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Re: Next Generation Satellites
I have to wonder if the next generation of satellites will be far more disposable -- since SpaceX and Blue Origin are aiming to reduce the costs of launching them significantly. Future nano-sats will have to be de-orbited regularly so they don't build up space junk up there. There will always be a role for "big satellites" -- but the smaller ones in LEO are going to start taking over soon, I think.

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clrmoney
clrmoney
10/23/2017 12:52:21 PM
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Next Generation Satellites
I thought there were many satellites in space so with the Eutelsat satellite is great knowing what they have to offer for us going into the future.

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