> So they're going to trade off signal:noise to get 99.99%, but not 99.99999%.
Depends on where you are in the footprint as well, but of course, totally forgot about the suits.
I should have said it's entirely possible to make Ku withstand the worst weather conditions known to mankind, which is not the case for Ka.
Trivia: Ku stands for K-under, and Ka stands for K-above, where K-band is IIRC something between 18-27 GHz. Electromagnetic transmissions in this spectrum are absorbed by water vapour, so it's a very bad idea to use this spectrum for satellite. Again IIRC, above 70Ghz, the atmosphere stops being radio-transparent.
Ka is way more efficient, but you need a ground station, a satellite and modems that are built from ground up to cope with rainfade. The tricks that work with Ku won't work with Ka.
Depends on where you are in the footprint as well, but of course, totally forgot about the suits.
I should have said it's entirely possible to make Ku withstand the worst weather conditions known to mankind, which is not the case for Ka.
Trivia: Ku stands for K-under, and Ka stands for K-above, where K-band is IIRC something between 18-27 GHz. Electromagnetic transmissions in this spectrum are absorbed by water vapour, so it's a very bad idea to use this spectrum for satellite. Again IIRC, above 70Ghz, the atmosphere stops being radio-transparent.
Ka is way more efficient, but you need a ground station, a satellite and modems that are built from ground up to cope with rainfade. The tricks that work with Ku won't work with Ka.