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Datacenters in space are a terrible, horrible, no good idea. (taranis.ie)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 4 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Um, it doesn't make the data center in orbit thing make sense, but a geostationary satellite absolute moves at high speed and does not stay in the same place in space.

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  • [–] -1 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    The heat would be moving at the same speed. Though, that does mean it wouldn't be any better in any other orbit.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

    Thermal energy is primarily dissipated as infrared light which moves at the speed of light. There is no way for space to accumulate heat. If that were the case the entire solar system would be unlivable. The IR emitted by satellites is truly negligible in comparison to the electromagnetic radiation emitted by the sun.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago

    Again, it doesn't help the case, but just.. no. The heat gets out of the spacecraft by radiating, and radiation doesn't move in a circular orbit around Earth, it moves at speed of light outwards from where it started.

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