Why do they only use solar panels on 1 side? Is that really enough to power a satellite? Starlink satellites have 1 side as well .. kind of amazed at the same how far tech has come
Great article. It is important because the EU will increasingly become the only remaining public resource as NASA becomes privatized.
So a system no one will use, available at a date when private companies will have tens of thousands of these things in the LEO.
The EU’s own commisioned report told them it was pointless, twice, but still the French commissioner wants to press ahead.
If this doesn’t go the way of the cloud initiative, I don’t know what will. hell, EurtelSat even bailed on it and joined OneWeb instead, so both the french and UK militaries have an interst in OneWeb, so there goes the military aspect of this.
> Nienass told Euronews that if Brussels gets its act together, the new satellite system could be operational by 2025.
> The current timeline given by the Commission says a similar time for the initial service, but full service won’t be until mid-2027 at the earliest.
> The proposal must also navigate its way through the European Parliament and negotiations with member states, which can take some time.
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Why do they only use solar panels on 1 side? Is that really enough to power a satellite? Starlink satellites have 1 side as well .. kind of amazed at the same how far tech has come
Great article. It is important because the EU will increasingly become the only remaining public resource as NASA becomes privatized.
So a system no one will use, available at a date when private companies will have tens of thousands of these things in the LEO.
The EU’s own commisioned report told them it was pointless, twice, but still the French commissioner wants to press ahead.
If this doesn’t go the way of the cloud initiative, I don’t know what will. hell, EurtelSat even bailed on it and joined OneWeb instead, so both the french and UK militaries have an interst in OneWeb, so there goes the military aspect of this.
> Nienass told Euronews that if Brussels gets its act together, the new satellite system could be operational by 2025.
> The current timeline given by the Commission says a similar time for the initial service, but full service won’t be until mid-2027 at the earliest.
> The proposal must also navigate its way through the European Parliament and negotiations with member states, which can take some time.