Comments on: September 27, 2023 Quick space links https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/september-27-2023-quick-space-links/ Thu, 28 Sep 2023 14:42:45 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: David M. Cook https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/september-27-2023-quick-space-links/#comment-1428839 Thu, 28 Sep 2023 14:42:45 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=98920#comment-1428839 I predict that the next CEO of Blue Origin will be another corporate “yes-man”, no threat to Bezos‘ power, and nothing will continue to happen.

]]> By: Ray Van Dune https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/september-27-2023-quick-space-links/#comment-1428788 Thu, 28 Sep 2023 00:43:10 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=98920#comment-1428788 “The lasers allow the satellites to connect to each other, creating essentially a communications mesh in space. ”

AFAIK, jamming or intercepting laser links between sats from the ground is pretty hard, maybe impossible with today’s tech. Perhaps the day when ground stations can send or receive laser messages is not far off? Until then, messages have to come down as probably-jammable radio signals.

Another factor is that laser links can carry a lot more data at less power, making it easier to use multi-path message routing, and thus yielding a resilient network that is able to route around destroyed nodes. Sound familiar?

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