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Comment by trenchpilgrim

1 day ago

It is almost free on modern CPUs that have hardware acceleration, yea

Space-faring electronics aren't exactly cost-sensitive - the cost of a cluster of crypto-accelerated CPUs or rad-hardened FPGAs is peanuts compared to the human and launch costs that go into these satellites.

  • Issue is the satellite was launched 10 years ago with 20-year-old tech. So, calculations of today may not be applicable on them.