Um... 1 gigawatt? From geostationary orbit? The free space loss alone is -191dB, which means their satellite will have to be broadcasting at least 10^19 gigawatts of power!! That represents about 3*10^19 SQUARE KILOMETERS of solar arrays.
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Um... 1 gigawatt? From geostationary orbit? The free space loss alone is -191dB, which means their satellite will have to be broadcasting at least 10^19 gigawatts of power!! That represents about 3*10^19 SQUARE KILOMETERS of solar arrays.
Has anyone told these guys that it's impossible?