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Don't they still launch in international waters? EDIT/ Thank you for the correction, that's just landing. /EDIT Headquartered yes, but the barge ~~launches~~
by GCU-Empiricist 9y ago
Don'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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