On Thu, Feb 08, 2018 at 01:36:58PM -0700, Paul Mueller wrote:
I was imagining comsat builders salivating over how many transponders they
could fit on a Battlestar Galactica geostationary satellite, but as John
Stoffel noted in a different thread, GSO slots are an issue. With that kind
of mass available, you could also put on a lot of stationkeeping
propellant, proximity radars, etc., and really squeeze those suckers up
there. I guess there are RF interference issues but that's what we have EEs
for!