Hi All,
Globalstar discussed here is limited to 9.6Kbps of always-on Internet ip but
demonstrates the concept and form factor.
Connectivity is I believe the second biggest barrier to nanosat growth. (after
affordable/regular/available custom orbit launch).
SpaceX Starlink, Oneweb or other gigabit internet constellations when a
reality, will be a game changer on earth
but could also fundamentally change what can be done with nanosats if they
can be integrated as simple and affordable modules.
In orbit, Gigabit connected, low latency orbit based storage, compute
cloud servers, live video could all become viable with small and affordable
modules for a given constellation.
Solar sat power will be the biggest limitation to the compute/transmission
power available but over time this is likely to improve with the added
benefit that it's free to use.
I'm interested to find out where the flaw is in this thinking.
Max
On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 4:13 PM, JOHN HALPENNY <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
I guess no video at that rate - or even audio.
John
On Wednesday, February 21, 2018 3:33 PM, Henry Spencer <
hspencer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Wed, 21 Feb 2018, Ed LeBouthillier wrote:
Yep. Here's an example of a modem/radio:Simplex_Globalstar_Communication_System.html
http://www.pumpkinspace.com/store/p201/NSL_EyeStar-S3_
Although that one's a bit limited -- very low downlink data rate and no
uplink at all. Except at the very bottom of the size and duration ranges,
http://www.pumpkinspace.com/store/p200/NSL_EyeStar-D2_Duplex_Globalstar_Communication_System.html
is probably preferable -- higher (although still modest) data rate and
two-way communications.
Henry