FCC opens 30-day review for SpaceX’s 15,000-Satellite VLEO Constellation, at ~325 km altitude.
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@KimSJ @AkaSci The funny part is that the Space Liability Convention says that the governments of the countries satellites are launched from are absolutely liable for damage on the ground. Not at all clear if this applies to collisions in orbit, but I'm reasonably sure we're going to find that out in the next few years.
Yes, because the current US is so very good at accepting responsibility or adhering to treaties.
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@sundogplanets @KimSJ @AkaSci At least their orbits would decay and reenter relatively quickly if they were abandoned at that altitude?
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FCC opens 30-day review for SpaceX’s 15,000-Satellite VLEO Constellation, at ~325 km altitude.
For D2D service to unmodified smartphones.
Lower altitude, smaller footprint, smaller antennas, more satellites, ...
The application was submitted on Sept 19, 2025, and amended on Nov 25, 2025.
Comments/petitions are due by January 5, 2026, just around the holiday season.
@sundogplanets
https://news.satnews.com/2025/12/09/fcc-opens-review-for-spacexs-15000-satellite-vleo-constellation/
https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-25-1018A1.pdf
1/n@AkaSci very bad idea. Enough is enough!
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FCC opens 30-day review for SpaceX’s 15,000-Satellite VLEO Constellation, at ~325 km altitude.
For D2D service to unmodified smartphones.
Lower altitude, smaller footprint, smaller antennas, more satellites, ...
The application was submitted on Sept 19, 2025, and amended on Nov 25, 2025.
Comments/petitions are due by January 5, 2026, just around the holiday season.
@sundogplanets
https://news.satnews.com/2025/12/09/fcc-opens-review-for-spacexs-15000-satellite-vleo-constellation/
https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-25-1018A1.pdf
1/nSovereignty issues come to my mind. Not so much its loss by the nation where the phone is being used, but by the surrender of control and data to the richest creature on earth, Omen Sulk.
Omen Sulk doesn't like your war on his collaborators in Russia? No communications for you. Omen Sulk thinks you're talking about him? He's listening to you now.
Omen Sulk and his Grok will know where you are and who you are.
Omen sulk will fill your sky, like your gods used to.
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FCC opens 30-day review for SpaceX’s 15,000-Satellite VLEO Constellation, at ~325 km altitude.
For D2D service to unmodified smartphones.
Lower altitude, smaller footprint, smaller antennas, more satellites, ...
The application was submitted on Sept 19, 2025, and amended on Nov 25, 2025.
Comments/petitions are due by January 5, 2026, just around the holiday season.
@sundogplanets
https://news.satnews.com/2025/12/09/fcc-opens-review-for-spacexs-15000-satellite-vleo-constellation/
https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-25-1018A1.pdf
1/n@AkaSci @sundogplanets I've read about the ozone layer being damaged by satellites falling. Is this actually a significant problem given the number? Have you seen anything on this?
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@AkaSci @sundogplanets I've read about the ozone layer being damaged by satellites falling. Is this actually a significant problem given the number? Have you seen anything on this?
@pbog @AkaSci Yes, it's something I am very worried about. https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2024GL109280
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@pbog @AkaSci Yes, it's something I am very worried about. https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2024GL109280
Seems like a comment opposing the proposal is in order.
Any astrophysicists out there in a position to raise objections?
There almost have to be significant issues with the amount of fuel needed to keep the satellites in low orbit, not to mention the risk of guidance system failures that could result in a cascade of satellite collisions and large amounts of falling debris.
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Seems like a comment opposing the proposal is in order.
Any astrophysicists out there in a position to raise objections?
There almost have to be significant issues with the amount of fuel needed to keep the satellites in low orbit, not to mention the risk of guidance system failures that could result in a cascade of satellite collisions and large amounts of falling debris.
@joeinwynnewood @pbog @AkaSci AAS is writing a comment (via me and a bunch of other astronomers)
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@joeinwynnewood @pbog @AkaSci AAS is writing a comment (via me and a bunch of other astronomers)
Good to know, if unclear if it will matter in the end. It's not like anyone in the upper echelons of the regime understands or cares about Physics.
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Seems like a comment opposing the proposal is in order.
Any astrophysicists out there in a position to raise objections?
There almost have to be significant issues with the amount of fuel needed to keep the satellites in low orbit, not to mention the risk of guidance system failures that could result in a cascade of satellite collisions and large amounts of falling debris.
@joeinwynnewood @sundogplanets @AkaSci Something like this happened around my house some time ago. You can see the debris of the falcon 9. I've never heard of compensation. Only by chance did no one get injured. ...Elon Musk's rocket crashed into Poland [UPDATE] https://space24.pl/pojazdy-kosmiczne/systemy-nosne/rakieta-elona-muska-spadla-na-polske Polish language version to be translated. It can happen anywhere.
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In March 2024, the FCC had rejected a similar application from SpaceX for a VLEO constellation below 360 km altitude. That filing was intended as a lower latency Starlink data service.
But it appears that in Nov 2024, the FCC granted permission for 7,500 satellites at 340-360 km altitude, for D2D service, subject to some conditions. Permission for an additional 22,488 satellites was deferred.
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https://spectrum.ieee.org/starlink-vleo-below-iss
https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-24-222A1.pdf
https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-24-1193A1.pdf"SpaceX's plan to launch an additional 15,000 satellites for its Starlink cellular system has sparked opposition and concern from rival companies and environmentalists."
Such as Viasat, Globalstar, DarkSky International, Blue Origin, Iridium, Ligado, and the Mobile Satellite Services Association.
"The big question is whether the pushback sways the FCC. The Commission's Republican chairman, Brendan Carr, is a supporter of SpaceX ..."
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"SpaceX's plan to launch an additional 15,000 satellites for its Starlink cellular system has sparked opposition and concern from rival companies and environmentalists."
Such as Viasat, Globalstar, DarkSky International, Blue Origin, Iridium, Ligado, and the Mobile Satellite Services Association.
"The big question is whether the pushback sways the FCC. The Commission's Republican chairman, Brendan Carr, is a supporter of SpaceX ..."
@AkaSci It's really stupid that one US agency can approve a plan that affects all of humanity
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"SpaceX's plan to launch an additional 15,000 satellites for its Starlink cellular system has sparked opposition and concern from rival companies and environmentalists."
Such as Viasat, Globalstar, DarkSky International, Blue Origin, Iridium, Ligado, and the Mobile Satellite Services Association.
"The big question is whether the pushback sways the FCC. The Commission's Republican chairman, Brendan Carr, is a supporter of SpaceX ..."
@AkaSci Any idea how much SpaceX stock he owns?
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@AkaSci It's really stupid that one US agency can approve a plan that affects all of humanity
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"SpaceX's plan to launch an additional 15,000 satellites for its Starlink cellular system has sparked opposition and concern from rival companies and environmentalists."
Such as Viasat, Globalstar, DarkSky International, Blue Origin, Iridium, Ligado, and the Mobile Satellite Services Association.
"The big question is whether the pushback sways the FCC. The Commission's Republican chairman, Brendan Carr, is a supporter of SpaceX ..."
Meanwhile, China recently filed a flurry of applications at the ITU for LEO constellations totaling nearly 200,000 satellites.
The largest of these constellations, CTC-1 and CTC-2, will support 96,714 satellites each.
China is already constructing its national Guowang and Shanghai-backed Qianfan constellations, each with 10,000+ satellites.
Space colonization and grabbing of orbital and spectrum resources is real.
https://interestingengineering.com/space/china-largest-satellite-constellations-approval
https://spacenews.com/china-files-itu-paperwork-for-megaconstellations-totaling-nearly-200000-satellites/
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