The GPS calculations are relative to the Earth, treating the Earth as the "rest" frame.
This is indeed accurate. See the subtle difference between "relativism" and a "relative data point" (datum). This seems to be the main reason for pushing such theories.
So I guess the last time I brought this subject up, I was wrong. Slightly.
You can build a block satellite for pretty cheap. I thought you could launch them with a high altitude balloon, but I did wonder how they were able to gain speed.
They use electromagnets to steer, but its not going to accelerate them from nothing. Of course they need a rocket to get it going fast enough in the first place. Did find this neat startup.
Using a high-altitude balloon as a launch pad will save money because it will deploy the rocket from up to 11 miles into the atmosphere. At that altitude, there is 95% less atmosphere, meaning there is much less drag. That means Leo Aerospace can use smaller rockets and less fuel.
Microsatellites typically don’t stay in orbit as long as larger satellites, averaging one to five years. That means the possibility of return business, Hepfer said.
Anyways, have you seen some of these fucking behemoths they put up there?
With its antennas and solar panels stowed, Jupiter 3 is about the size of a standard school bus. The satellite, weighing roughly nine metric tons, is designed to offer 500 gigabit-per-second Ka-band capacity for North and South America.
The balloon would be easily 100x the size of the sat. Also how do they stay up there, is it like a hot air balloon, or maybe they generate helium up there on the fly?
You mean balloons in high orbit?
This is indeed accurate. See the subtle difference between "relativism" and a "relative data point" (datum). This seems to be the main reason for pushing such theories.
So I guess the last time I brought this subject up, I was wrong. Slightly.
You can build a block satellite for pretty cheap. I thought you could launch them with a high altitude balloon, but I did wonder how they were able to gain speed.
They use electromagnets to steer, but its not going to accelerate them from nothing. Of course they need a rocket to get it going fast enough in the first place. Did find this neat startup.
https://www.machinedesign.com/mechanical-motion-systems/article/21837538/startup-to-launch-cubesats-from-hot-air-balloons
Anyways, have you seen some of these fucking behemoths they put up there?
https://spacenews.com/hughes-jupiter-3-preps-for-launch/
The balloon would be easily 100x the size of the sat. Also how do they stay up there, is it like a hot air balloon, or maybe they generate helium up there on the fly?