[Starlink] Alphabet spins off Starlink competitor Taara

[David Lang]

J Pan wrote:

> taara is more like a laser bridge for point-to-point, mostly
> stationary nodes, on the ground?

That's how I interpret what's in the posted article.

David Lang

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> J Pan, UVic CSc, ECS566, 250-472-5796 (NO VM), Pan at UVic.CA, Web.UVic.CA/~pan
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> On Mon, Mar 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM David Lang via Starlink
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>> Daniel AJ Sokolov wrote:
>>
>>> 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?
>>
>> nope, the lasers are far more directional and don't interact with each other
>> enough.
>>
>> David Lang
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