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diimdeeptoday at 4:38 AM1 replyview on HN

Cool, how full array compares to the single antenna placed on Starlink satellite ?


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Terr_today at 6:30 AM

How would that be a useful comparison? Aren't the use-cases too different?

Not only is the moon >100x farther away (even accounting for near-horizon satellite angles), but you're also trying to bounce a signal off it as a passive reflector, which is harder than just transmitting something an active lunar receiver could detect and re-transmit back.