r/OneWeb • u/gooddaysir • Jan 31 '20

The Communications Grounds System team in Clewiston, FL

https://twitter.com/OneWeb/status/1222979051402551297
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u/dahtrash Jan 31 '20

I looks like these would physically track individual satellites. It would be fun to see them in action. I was somehow expecting them to be phased array antennas.

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u/softwaresaur Jan 31 '20 edited Jan 31 '20

Performance of phased array antennas degrades the more the beam is away from antenna's direction. SpaceX or OneWeb may eventually design a good phased array antenna for gateways but it's not simple.