[Starlink] Alphabet spins off Starlink competitor Taara

Daniel AJ Sokolov daniel at falco.ca
Mon Mar 17 19:02:19 EDT 2025


On 2025-03-17 at 15:50, David Lang via Starlink wrote:
> 
> but the claim that it will be far cheaper than Starlink?? that tower and 
> a ground station that tracks the satellites in real time is going to be 
> FAR more expensive than a dishy. Since it's going to be in motion at all 
> times, it's got mechanical parts to wear out, and physically re-aiming a 
> laser between connections (on both ends) is going to be a lot slower 
> than electronic aiming of a phased array antenna.

Could'nt you have a phased laser array?

BR
Daniel AJ


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