In a Win for SpaceX, FCC May Loosen Power Limits for Starlink (www.pcmag.com)
from cm0002@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world on 29 Apr 15:01
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BigMacHole@lemm.ee on 29 Apr 15:34 next collapse

Imagine how CORRUPT this would be if President Elon Musk, the Illegal Immigrant CUTTING THESE JOBS, was ALSO the CEO of SpaceX! That would be SUPER CORRUPT! FORTUNATELY Fox News told me that’s NOT True and that’s ALL the proof I need! I also need a Job though because BIDEN Fired me from my Federal Job Yesterday!

Ledericas@lemm.ee on 30 Apr 06:42 collapse

president musk and not his assistant, turmp.

kokesh@lemmy.world on 29 Apr 19:06 next collapse

Not that that fucker litters the sky with his fucking pieces of crap, he can do whatever he likes with them. Would be nice for the planet if someone would take him out.

j0ester@lemmy.world on 30 Apr 11:59 next collapse

The corruption and fraud happening currently…

chrischryse@lemmy.world on 30 Apr 14:35 next collapse

I read the article and still am a bit confused, it seems like this would speed them up how is that bad? Going to reread to see if I can understand better

anomnom@sh.itjust.works on 30 Apr 23:50 next collapse

Right now it’s in place to protect Geosynchronous Orbit satellites and allow communication it means there are shadow zones around the ground stations where the LEO satellites have to be quiet.

If they can get smarter about it then it’s ok, but it was set a a rule by space engineers, many of whom are actual rocket scientists, and would need careful consideration before changing. Something fElon hasn’t proven capable of.

Also jumping from 100MB/s to 1GB/s just be turning them up( or turning more on at once sounds like typical Musk bullshit.

MDCCCLV@lemmy.ca on 01 May 00:22 collapse

FCC power limits are generally to prevent spectrum corruption, like they don’t want your radio to overpower everyone else. So yes, more power is generally better for the signal but it’s a shared pool of limited spectrum so your use can hurt other people.

chrischryse@lemmy.world on 01 May 02:00 collapse

So is it like there being multiple stores, but one company pays to have the highway lead to their store quicker?

MDCCCLV@lemmy.ca on 01 May 02:46 collapse

No this is for everything including personal devices. It’s very simple to just say it’s like everyone listening to their phone on speakerphone and the louder it is and the closer you are the more distracting it is to you. Everyone can use it but the more crowded it is the more problems you have. If everyone uses it responsibly then everyone can use it and it’s fine. That’s why the FCC sets power limits because otherwise you could jack up the signal with a ton of power and no one else can hear anything. For signals it is only the same frequency that interferes with each other but all the space comsats use the same popular KU band so they have to share nicely.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ku_band

chrischryse@lemmy.world on 01 May 12:47 collapse

Oooo that makes more sense thank you :)

cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 01 May 02:43 collapse

we should be treating spacex like we treat tesla dealerships