myrmepropagandistFeb 6, 2024

Should an earth-shrouding network of low orbit satellites be something that can be privately owned? How many people would be as blithe about the sky & light pollution if it were owned by IDK antifa or Iran or whatever seems scary to you?

I feel like we failed to have a required conversation. The sky belongs to everyone. No one asked me if I wanted this, no one asked you.

Speaking of moving fast, breaking things … how hard would it be to shoot them down? If it is illegal to do so, why?

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@futurebird
"The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has granted SpaceX permission to fly 12,000 Starlink satellites, and the company has filed paperwork with an international regulator to loft up to 30,000 additional spacecraft. "
https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-satellites.html

They do have permission from the FCC. I guess since most satellites are used for communications they fall under the FCC. Not sure what the international regulator mentioned in the article is.

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