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I'm not sure how to feel about this. I know on the one hand that I feel communications in the US are an oligopopaly that hurts innovation and consumers. However
by alexandercrohde 9y ago
I'm not sure how to feel about this. I know on the one hand that I feel communications in the US are an oligopopaly that hurts innovation and consumers. However, I'm not versed in whether satellite collision is a credible threat or merely an administrative hurdle to keep competition away from power-players.
I also assume pretty much everybody else who is so upset on this thread is also unaware of how satellites and debris are tracked nationally/internationally, so I'm confused why opinions are so black-and-white.
- wmf 9y agocommunications in the US are an oligopopaly that hurts innovation and consumers That has nothing to do with it, since the FCC has issued plenty of licenses to companies that follow the rules.
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- mcguire 9y agoThis page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_collision https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_collision) lists four "unintentional high-speed" collisions. I remember the furor over the Iridium 33 and the Fungyun FY-1C incidents.
- larkeith 9y agoI would say that the FCC's track record indicates that they genuinely believe the satellites to be a potential collision threat, given the large number of licenses they've provided to other space-based startups, and especially considering that they licensed Swarm's later 1U cubesat design.