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minetest2048 16 hours ago

Adding to this: I wish I can just buy a 4G modem for my cubesat and get 24/7 access through Starlink without waiting for my cubesats to be in view of my groundstation...

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markps 13 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Have you looked into AWS Ground Station? I don’t know if it’s economical, or has enough locations for 24/7 access, but it might be better than once an orbit.

	▲	minetest2048 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		All ground station as a service are limited by radio licensing, you need to apply for transmit license to the country that the groundstation is located to legally transmit to your cubesat. Its not as easy as spinning up an EC2 instance Some regulation horror: https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-R/space/Pages/API.aspx . Worst case you need to wait 7 years! to get your radio license Compare this to a 4G modem / smartphone, its amazing that you don't need to file spectrum license to another country version of FCC everytime you travel. It. Just. Worked.

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verzali 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

There's IDRS that does this for satellites.

	▲	minetest2048 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		At first I thought you misspelled TDRSS but then I found out that IDRS is a thing: https://www.idrsspace.com/ Its too big and power hungry to fit inside 10x20x30 cm cubesat though :( More reason to go bigger

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jareklupinski 16 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

i wouldnt need more than 1MBit to ssh into my servers comfortably, and pull directions to the nearest "full power downlink" if i want to listen to music while i work or something

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fragmede 13 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

That sounds super fascinating. Can you tell us more about your cubesat?