← Back to context Comment by thehappypm 1 month ago Yeah, but those places don’t have 24/7 solar energy 4 comments thehappypm Reply ctde 1 month ago google: orbitit does not see the sun half of the timepolar orbits don't come to the rescue, they are quite busy already Ajedi32 1 month ago Sun-synchronous orbit gets sunlight ~100% of the time.From TFA:> In low Earth orbit, satellites can access near-constant sunlight, generating up to eight times more solar power than on Earth.That's obviously a reference to sun-synchronous orbit. You don't get 8 times more solar power in a low inclination orbit. ctde 1 month ago i already countered that argument, but to spell it out: sun synchronous orbits which see the sun all the time are a 1d manifold (approximately) and quite busy already, so they won't come to the rescue. 1 reply →
ctde 1 month ago google: orbitit does not see the sun half of the timepolar orbits don't come to the rescue, they are quite busy already Ajedi32 1 month ago Sun-synchronous orbit gets sunlight ~100% of the time.From TFA:> In low Earth orbit, satellites can access near-constant sunlight, generating up to eight times more solar power than on Earth.That's obviously a reference to sun-synchronous orbit. You don't get 8 times more solar power in a low inclination orbit. ctde 1 month ago i already countered that argument, but to spell it out: sun synchronous orbits which see the sun all the time are a 1d manifold (approximately) and quite busy already, so they won't come to the rescue. 1 reply →
Ajedi32 1 month ago Sun-synchronous orbit gets sunlight ~100% of the time.From TFA:> In low Earth orbit, satellites can access near-constant sunlight, generating up to eight times more solar power than on Earth.That's obviously a reference to sun-synchronous orbit. You don't get 8 times more solar power in a low inclination orbit. ctde 1 month ago i already countered that argument, but to spell it out: sun synchronous orbits which see the sun all the time are a 1d manifold (approximately) and quite busy already, so they won't come to the rescue. 1 reply →
ctde 1 month ago i already countered that argument, but to spell it out: sun synchronous orbits which see the sun all the time are a 1d manifold (approximately) and quite busy already, so they won't come to the rescue. 1 reply →
google: orbit
it does not see the sun half of the time
polar orbits don't come to the rescue, they are quite busy already
Sun-synchronous orbit gets sunlight ~100% of the time.
From TFA:
> In low Earth orbit, satellites can access near-constant sunlight, generating up to eight times more solar power than on Earth.
That's obviously a reference to sun-synchronous orbit. You don't get 8 times more solar power in a low inclination orbit.
i already countered that argument, but to spell it out: sun synchronous orbits which see the sun all the time are a 1d manifold (approximately) and quite busy already, so they won't come to the rescue.
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