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Also frequency re-use. They will talk on the same frequency to multiple ground terminals, but pointed different directions from the satellites perspective.



Did not know that, neat. Phased arrays are so cool.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qs2QcycggWU check this out, excellent teardown explanation about how the antenna works.


The math used to determine the phase offsets to steer the beam is absurd.




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