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Who controls/regulates this piece of the internet? Because this is more like internet for the planet.
by akshayB 9y ago
Who controls/regulates this piece of the internet? Because this is more like internet for the planet.
- TrainedMonkey 9y agoFCC gets the final say because SpaceX headquartered and launches from U.S. That said in theory SpaceX will have to comply with regulations of all of the countries where it wants to operate. Some of those countries undoubtedly will pass laws/regulations to protect domestic telco incumbents.
- GCU-Empiricist 9y agoDon't they still launch in international waters? EDIT/ Thank you for the correction, that's just landing. /EDIT Headquartered yes, but the barge ~~launches~~ landings keep making me think long term SPaceX will be looking at extra-territorial options.
- vkou 9y agoIt doesn't matter where they launch from, since their customers live on Earth. If they want to sell, they will have to be follow local laws.
- Buttons840 9y agoLike Mars? ;)
- rtkwe 9y agoThey've never launched from international waters that's just where the core recovery happens.
- nkoren 9y agoThey don't launch from barges. They land on them.
- azernik 9y agoIt doesn't even matter where they launch from - the Outer Space Treaty is written in terms of who does something, not where they do it from (cf SeaLaunch, and the absolute lack of ambiguity about state regulatory jurisdiction for objects it launched. In fact, emerging consensus (because the Outer Space Treaty is vague on the subject) is that it doesn't even matter who is launching the object, just which country('s citizens) owns and operate the satellites. cf. the recent incident where some American satellites were launched unlicensed on an Indian PSLV, the US government got all huffy at the company, and the Indians agreed by default that the US had jurisdiction (by washing their hands of responsibility).
- dingaling 9y agoI asked a 'space lawyer' questions on this topic and we came to the conclusion that perhaps Sealaunch should team-up with Sealand to offer a 'pirate satellite' operations service.
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- GCU-Empiricist 9y agoThis will be interesting. Especially if you look at the territory laws in the UN Space treaty. I look forward to when we see our first off earth based corporation, and won't be surprised if it is a SpaceX child entity.
- walterbell 9y agoWho regulates global satellite TV?
- azernik 9y agoDepends on which country is launching it; the Outer Space Treaty assigns the right and responsibility for regulating space objects to the state whose government or citizens own it (note - not necessarily who launched it). Note, however, that all states are capable of regulating receivers. Many smaller dictatorial states ban (generally in vain) pointing your dish at certain satellites. The big ones, democratic and otherwise, usually just condition the permission to operate as a business in their country (salespeople, support, etc.) on satisfying regulatory concerns.
- craftyguy 9y agoApparently the FCC, since they just 'approved' it.
- dawnerd 9y agoJust like how NOAA apparently regulates you taking pictures of earth.
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- notatoad 9y agoThe current internet is also internet for the planet. I'm sure every country they serve will attempt to regulate it, just like every country currently tries to regulate the internet. With mixed success.