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color: #fff;
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.navItem[aria-current] {
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communications, anywhere on earth. FemtoStar Project members own and
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operate FemtoStar Inc., a Canadian corporation tasked with the ownership,
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maintenance, and operation of the FemtoStar
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satellite constellation. However, development of the hardware and
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satellite constellation. The FemtoStar Project's development of the hardware and
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software that make FemtoStar possible is undertaken by our global
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community of volunteer developers with experience ranging from embedded
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hardware, to secure telecommunications, to software development, to
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transmit your own short pieces of data over the network, with payment
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in Bitcoin. While Blockstream does allow for remote access to the
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Bitcoin blockchain, it is a one-way system - it cannot be used for
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two-way communications, or to make online cryptocurrency transactions,
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unless you already have an internet connection and can connect to its
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API.
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two-way communications, or even to send (as opposed to simply observe)
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cryptocurrency transactions, unless you already have an internet connection
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and can connect to its API.
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</p>
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<p>
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<p>
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We're big fans of a number of the terrestrial privacy-respecting
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communications projects currently in development - in fact, what is now FemtoStar
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<a href="./about-contact">began in concept as a terrestrial system</a>,
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began in concept as a terrestrial system,
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which we then called Private Mobile Data Protocol (PMDP).
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</p>
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milliseconds familiar to users of geostationary satellite networks.
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</p>
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<p>
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In general, latency via low-earth orbit satellite networks, with the possible
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exception of some narrowband services, is comparable to that of terrestrial
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mobile networks, and is generally unproblematic for most applications. This
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goes for FemtoStar as well.
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In general, latency via low-earth orbit satellite networks, including FemtoStar,
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is comparable to that of terrestrial mobile networks, and is generally
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unproblematic for most applications.
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</p>
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</FAQItem>
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<p>
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In addition to this, while the exact orbital parameters of the final
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constellation are undecided at this time, the requirement to launch
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via typical rideshare missions usually entails deployment at orbits generally
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via typical rideshare missions generally entails deployment at orbits typically
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considered sufficiently self-cleaning to accomodate satellites without
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any onboard propulsion at all, causing them to eventually re-enter simply
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due to atmospheric drag. While satellites used in the constellation may
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raise their orbits somewhat after deployment, any satellites not intended
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to station-keep within the final constellation and so possibly deployed
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without onboard propulsion (such as possible early test versions) would
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simply remain at their deployed altitude and re-enter due to atmospheric
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drag like a typical smallsat.
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due to atmospheric drag. While satellites used in the constellation are likely to
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raise their orbits somewhat after deployment, any satellites not raising
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their orbit into the final constellation (such a satellite that
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experienced a propulsion failure during launch, or an early test satellite
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without propulsion) would simply remain at their deployed altitude and,
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at end-of-life, re-enter due to atmospheric drag like a typical smallsat.
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</p>
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</FAQItem>
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>
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<p>
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The network can theoretically work with as little as a single
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satellite, however of course this configuration does not allow for
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satellite, however of course this configuration does not allow for a
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stationary user to receive
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continuous coverage. Practical constellation layouts begin at around
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48 satellites (and include the layout shown on our <a href="./"
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>homepage</a
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>). We have also considered the possibility of starting with a larger
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constellation of up to 96 satellites, however we believe the most
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>). We have considered the possibility of a larger
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constellation of up to 96 satellites, however we believe that the most
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reasonable approach would be to begin with the minimum practical
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number of satellites (likely 48) and then scale up the constellation
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with new satellites as needed.
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title="What if a satellite fails? Will the network become unreliable?"
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>
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<p>
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The FemtoStar network provides multiple levels of protection against
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failure of spacecraft, and against failure of the network due to
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The FemtoStar network is designed to provide multiple levels of protection against
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failure of spacecraft, and against failure of the network due to the
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failure of a spacecraft, resulting in a resilient network able to
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mitigate and work around hardware failures onboard satellites. Each
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satellite incorporates a degree of redundancy previously seen only on
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far larger satellites, and is designed with longevity in mind. The
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network as a whole also protects against network-wide failure as a
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result of the failure of a single satellite - most regions, especially
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network as a whole also protects against network-wide unreliability as a
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result of the failure of a single satellite - in the intended constellation, most regions, especially
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those with a latitude near the inclination of the satellites (such as
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North America, Europe, Oceania, and much of Asia and South America)
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are covered redundantly, and even elsewhere, the "gap" caused when
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the only satellite visible to a user has failed is short - lasting
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the only satellite visible to a user has failed is usually short - lasting
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only minutes or less before working satellites come into view.
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</p>
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For many users, a satellite failure would likely be noticeable only as
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a decrease in the network's coverage angle, while for those in the
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aforementioned near-inclination regions, it might not be noticeable at
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all. Finally, FemtoStar would be able to rapidly and inexpensively
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replenish its network with new satellites, either newly-launched or
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all. Finally, we would be able to rapidly and inexpensively
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replenish the network with new satellites, either newly-launched or
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simply moved into place if already available in a storage orbit.
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</p>
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</FAQItem>
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be a number of FemtoStar terminals installed as a part of
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machine-to-machine data installations, as backup connections for
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enterprise networks, or as backhaul to community-run terrestrial
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networks. A user using it for privacy reasons is indistinguishable
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networks. A user using it because of its privacy features is indistinguishable
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from any of these users.
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</p>
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<p>
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Additionally, by this rationale, any privacy-respecting product,
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service, or system is bad for your privacy, as its use demonstrates
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that you are looking for privacy. Even if your threat model truly does
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Additionally, by this logic, using any privacy-respecting product,
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service, or system is counterproductive, as its use might indicate
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that you are looking for privacy. This isn't how nearly anyone actually
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thinks about protecting their privacy. Even if your threat model truly does
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require that you obscure even the fact that someone is using a system
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that could be used for privacy-respecting communications, FemtoStar
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still does substantially better than just about any other
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privacy-respecting communications network. For one thing, it uses a
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privacy-respecting communications network. For one thing, a FemtoStar terminal uses a
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substantially more directional antenna than any terrestrial mobile network,
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which means its transmitted signal is very weak in any direction but
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that of the satellite.
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A FemtoStar terminal could theoretically as a receive-only device if this
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A FemtoStar terminal could theoretically function as a receive-only device if this
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is acceptable for the user's use case - in this configuration, it
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would likely be nearly impossible to geolocate, even with this sort of
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attack.
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