lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 hours agoDatacenters in space are a terrible, horrible, no good idea.taranis.ieexternal-linkmessage-square164fedilinkarrow-up1437arrow-down17
arrow-up1430arrow-down1external-linkDatacenters in space are a terrible, horrible, no good idea.taranis.ielemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 hours agomessage-square164fedilink
minus-squarewewbull@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 hours 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.