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Old 21st Nov 2010, 23:36
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Machinbird
 
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I guess I have a question about the Beam steering unit. Does it rely on data from the aircraft's system for orientation, or does it use satellite signal for orientation? Probably a related question is whether the antenna has sufficient gain to communicate by way of sidelobes as well as the main lobe? (I.E. can it lose lock and still communicate to some limited extent.) Not really more than a baseline description in those documents.
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