Palo interviewed on satellite constellations
Scott Palo is highlighted in a new article discussing Amazon's Kuiper satellite internet service.听
The IEEE Spectrum article outlines the company's effort to build out a competitor to SpaceX's Starlink and concerns about the rapidly expanding number of satellites in low earth orbit.
Palo, a professor in the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, is an expert on the design, construction, deployment and operation of small satellite systems.
In the article he discusses the unique challenges of maintaining optical connections between orbiting satellites moving at high speeds.
"Consider standing at opposite ends of a football field with a friend. You and your friend each have a laser pointer and are looking at each other through a straw.鈥