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infogulch 4 hours ago

The entire underside of these satellites is a big phased array antenna. Maybe you can paint it so it absorbs all the other wavelengths, but it would be counterproductive to absorb the radio wavelengths used by the antenna itself since ground emitters would have to increase the gain to get through it.

DoctorOetker 3 hours ago | parent [-]

communication link bandwidths are typically miniscule compared to optical spectrum of the sun