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> The launch was done outside the US, by a foreign launch company. That doesn't matter if it's an American company launching the satellite. Third paragraph: >
by r3bl 8y ago
> The launch was done outside the US, by a foreign launch company.
That doesn't matter if it's an American company launching the satellite. Third paragraph:
> FCC [..] the U.S. government agency that regulates all satellite launches by American companies, whether they occur on U.S. soil or elsewhere.
- billfruit 8y agoIsn't that kind of an overeach from the FCC, if the company is complying with all necessary rules and regulations at the country of launch, why do the FCC care?
- mirashii 8y agoThe rules and regulations of a foreign country may not prevent you from operating powerful transmitters aimed at critical US Government or commercial satellites in GEO.
- s73v3r_ 8y agoBecause if that satellite hits a foreign satellite, and the company can't pay, then the US Government is liable.