Meteor Burst Communications

Back before satellites, to transmit radio waves over really long distances folks bounced them off the ionosphere—a layer of charged particles in the upper atmosphere. Unfortunately this layer only reflects radio waves with frequencies up to 30 megahertz. This limits the rate at which information can be transmitted.

How to work around this?

METEOR BURST COMMUNICATIONS!

On average, 100 million meteorites weighing about a milligram hit the Earth each day. They vaporize about 120 kilometers up. ...

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Published on May 16, 2025 02:14
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