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minus-squarethreelonmusketeerslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-23 months agoYes, but also no. Each side of the triangular array will measure nearly 1.6 million miles, or 2.5 million kilometers. The satellites themselves may be small, but the interferometer antenna they’ll collectively form will be huge.
Yes, but also no.
The satellites themselves may be small, but the interferometer antenna they’ll collectively form will be huge.