FCC opens 30-day review for SpaceX’s 15,000-Satellite VLEO Constellation, at ~325 km altitude.

[hittitezombie@mastodon.me.uk]

@AkaSci very bad idea. Enough is enough!

[seachanged@mastodon.social]

@AkaSci @sundogplanets

Sovereignty 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.

[pbog@mastodon.social]

@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?

[sundogplanets@mastodon.social]

@pbog @AkaSci Yes, it's something I am very worried about. https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2024GL109280

[joeinwynnewood@mstdn.social]

@sundogplanets

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.

@pbog @AkaSci

[sundogplanets@mastodon.social]

@joeinwynnewood @pbog @AkaSci AAS is writing a comment (via me and a bunch of other astronomers)

[joeinwynnewood@mstdn.social]

@sundogplanets

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.

@pbog @AkaSci

[pbog@mastodon.social]

@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.

[akasci@fosstodon.org]

"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 ..."

https://www.pcmag.com/news/spacex-faces-more-pushback-over-plans-to-launch-15k-cellular-starlink-satellites
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[mschfr@mastodon.social]

@AkaSci It's really stupid that one US agency can approve a plan that affects all of humanity

[drwho@masto.hackers.town]

@AkaSci Any idea how much SpaceX stock he owns?

[jgg@qoto.org]

@mschfr @AkaSci

So true.

A pity current US policy is sabotage any kind of international law or regulation.

For generations, we have been looking to the sky and dreaming with the stars. Soon the only thing we will be able to see in the night sky will be garbage.

[akasci@fosstodon.org]

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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