Comment by gleenn
1 year ago
Just because they seem grossly underused, there are probably plenty of other non-ideal constraints like power usage for instance.
1 year ago
Just because they seem grossly underused, there are probably plenty of other non-ideal constraints like power usage for instance.
Thermal management is also a tremendous problem in space. All power generated must be radiated away, and satellites effectively sit inside a vacuum insulator.
I'd be interested in what the sustained power/thermal budget of the satellites is.