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I think their point is that thousands of satellites in LEO is different than a half dozen in geo synchronous orbit. You can see starlink satellites from the gr
by monocasa 5y ago
I think their point is that thousands of satellites in LEO is different than a half dozen in geo synchronous orbit. You can see starlink satellites from the ground as they orbit, and there's much greater chance of collisions with how their orbits work.
I think Viasat is mainly hoping to stall SpaceX as they see their business crumbling around them rapidly, but there's some fair questions.
- panzagl 5y agoI did some digging, and apparently all launches have been exempt, including Viasats https://www.lightreading.com/opticalip/viasat-presses-fcc-to-review-environmental-impact-of-starlinks-satellites/d/d-id/766444 https://www.lightreading.com/opticalip/viasat-presses-fcc-to... So they are looking for new regulation, based on some rather spurious claims.