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minus-squarebuckykat [none/use name]hexbear7·18 hours agoSure, but a big ass square of powersat in GEO above your ground station is a very different prospect from a band around the entire orbit link
minus-squareiridaniotter [she/her, she/her]hexbear11·edit-218 hours agoOh I seriously doubt they meant a 36,000 km by 1 km wide array. They probably mean 1km by 1km which should be gigawatt scale. link
minus-squarebuckykat [none/use name]hexbear10·18 hours agoMaybe the article/translation mangled what the scientist they're quoting was saying link
Sure, but a big ass square of powersat in GEO above your ground station is a very different prospect from a band around the entire orbit
Oh I seriously doubt they meant a 36,000 km by 1 km wide array. They probably mean 1km by 1km which should be gigawatt scale.
Maybe the article/translation mangled what the scientist they're quoting was saying