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adrian_b on Aug 21, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Software-defined satellite enters commercial servi...

According to the press release, it is just a spaceborne SDR together with a very configurable antenna array, which can be used to provide various kinds of communication links.

ugjka on Aug 21, 2022 [–]

The main feature is that you can "beam" a very narrow beam of rf to a moving target like military convoy

jaywalk on Aug 21, 2022 | [–]

That's nothing terribly special with satellites. They've had phased array antennas for a while now.

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