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is anyone else concerned about countries deploying their own satelittes to archieve the same thing? Doesnt the orbit get crowded?
by gressquel 10y ago
is anyone else concerned about countries deploying their own satelittes to archieve the same thing? Doesnt the orbit get crowded?
- dugluak 10y agoRemember majority of satellites on this flight didn't belong to just India.
- happy-go-lucky 10y agoOut of the total 104 satellites, 101 satellites belong to six foreign countries. They include 96 from the US and one each from Israel, the UAE, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Kazakhstan. > Doesnt the orbit get crowded? Hope you'll have the answer here: http://www.popsci.com/space-junk-why-cant-we-see-satellites-in-images-earth http://www.popsci.com/space-junk-why-cant-we-see-satellites-...
- lmm 10y agoSatellites are expensive, people rarely deploy them for fun. If an existing satellite offered the same functionality people would likely license data/airtime/what-have-you from the operator of that satellite rather than launching their own. As long as their orbital information is properly registered and they have a proper end-of-life plan for them there's little risk in deploying new satellites; if you want to get concerned about crowding the orbits, China deliberately blowing up a satellite a couple of years ago was much more problematic.