lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoDatacenters in space are a terrible, horrible, no good idea.taranis.ieexternal-linkmessage-square288linkfedilinkarrow-up1673arrow-down113
arrow-up1660arrow-down1external-linkDatacenters in space are a terrible, horrible, no good idea.taranis.ielemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square288linkfedilink
minus-squarewewbull@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoIt’ll be in shadow at midnight, yes, but not necessarily at any other time. Geostationary orbit is at about 7x the radius of the earth. As such, the period when in will actually be in shadow is only a short period directly behind the planet.
It’ll be in shadow at midnight, yes, but not necessarily at any other time. Geostationary orbit is at about 7x the radius of the earth.
As such, the period when in will actually be in shadow is only a short period directly behind the planet.