GEO already has 295 commercial satellites (was Nuclear cures)

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Thread: GEO already has 295 commercial satellites (was Nuclear cures)

# 11139 byjoe@... on March 6, 2009, 3:26 p.m.
Member since 2021-10-03

levi1_ca wrote:

> Why not just tilt the arrays at different angles (unless they are all
> squares or circles) so at a time of shadowing they are only partially
> shadowed. even then how long are they shadowed and at what times of the
> year is this of concern - only on the 20th-21st of march and september
> perhaps.

Because there is no shadowing. The alleged problem is nonsense, though
I'm a bit busy this week and haven't had a chance to show all the math yet.

Best,
- Joe