Comment by fennec-posix
4 months ago
Yeah that's correct. The study was conducted in San Diego which falls under the satellite beam footprint required for services in Mexico.
If you were in say, Alice Springs in Australia (wink wink) for example, you'd be able to see traffic for Indonesia, Philippines, most of South East Asia, and perhaps parts of China, South Korea and Japan if the beams are right.
> wink wink
location location location is an apt phrase for more than just real estate
I'm not so good at hints. Are you gesturing at the NSA facility at Pine Gap?
Yes they are trying to be cheeky, but missing the mark.
Pine Gap is a large facility for collecting data coming down from our own satellites.
Foreign satellite collection in Australia happens at two other facilities: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoal_Bay_Receiving_Station https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Defence_Satellite_C...
And if you were in Harrogate, UK (more winks), you’d be in the footprint of satellites servicing Europe.
You'd have a long walk to get to Menwith Hill.