Baloons!
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2021 11:51 amPage 1 of 1
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Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2021 3:27 pmFascinating, thanks Joe, I wonder if this technology could be applied to sea freighting operations as well..
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Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2021 8:14 pmVery cool idea.
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Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2021 10:17 pmRe: Baloons!
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2021 10:45 pmFriend of mine and former coworker in DOD was part of the early development of Loon. We did some development of portable communications cells in support of FEMA after Katrina. For that, we deployed some ground based “portable cell towers” and then moved to tethered balloons based on aerostat tech.
I lost touch with him but suspect LEO sats a la Starlink were the death knell. Loon is pretty manpower intensive to operate and LEO promises stable and persistent high bandwidth internet and a not unreasonable cost, especially if you own the launch vehicles as well.
I lost touch with him but suspect LEO sats a la Starlink were the death knell. Loon is pretty manpower intensive to operate and LEO promises stable and persistent high bandwidth internet and a not unreasonable cost, especially if you own the launch vehicles as well.
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Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2021 1:48 pmInteresting possibilities for covert surveillance.
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Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2021 4:33 pm