[Starlink] Starlink "beam spread"

[Sebastian Moeller]

Hi Tom,

I wonder how etching would work with no gravity...


Regards
	Sebastian


> On Sep 1, 2022, at 23:08, Tom Evslin via Starlink <starlink at lists.bufferbloat.net> wrote:
> 
> I think manufacturing orbital datacenters in space is absolutely necessary. Then, at no point, is a heavy set of frames needed to hold the weight of the boards. Producing the chips in a real vacuum no gravity environment may also allow radically different design
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> From: Starlink <starlink-bounces at lists.bufferbloat.net> On Behalf Of Michael Richardson via Starlink
> Sent: Thursday, September 1, 2022 3:54 PM
> To: Ulrich Speidel <u.speidel at auckland.ac.nz>; starlink at lists.bufferbloat.net
> Subject: Re: [Starlink] Starlink "beam spread"
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> Is there any orbit other than GEO that would make CDNs in space useful?
> 
> While current Starlink don't have lasers that could reach up to higher orbits, maybe a subsequent generation could have such a thing.  Maybe there could even be a standard which OneWeb/StarLink/??? could all agree to, and CDN satellites (with bigger solar panels and longer service lifetimes) could be built to.
> 
> Having said all of this, it sure seems that the better place today for CDNs
> is within satellite serviced villages.    Some may even remember the Internet
> Cache Protocol (ICP), which never really got anywhere (RFC2186).
> 
> There are perhaps energy arguments for moving datacenters to space, but stuff just isn't reliable enough, and I'm sure it's a fail until you manufacture in space.
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