• Destide
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    219 months ago

    They would have to adjust really quickly to track

    • @[email protected]
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      59 months ago

      But really tiny adjustments, because it’s far away.

      Also there’s a spread in the beam, so that’s nice.

      Also, as I pointed out elsewhere here, there’s a vacuum-bottle effect. You can just pump heat into it. And also you don’t need to melt it, just overheat the electronics.

      • @[email protected]
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        9 months ago

        You need to move the point from one horizon to the other. Like the sun, satellites “rise” on one side and set on the other. All of that in less than 15min(in LEO).

        You can watch the dishes turn.

        • @[email protected]
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          49 months ago

          That depends on its orbit. If you’re pumping enough heat into the satellite, you can just aim it at a point in its path. Because space is a good insulator, it wouldn’t lose that much heat each orbit.

    • @Trollception
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      49 months ago

      The movement would need to be incredibly precise.