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That’s not what this lawsuit is about. Frankly that’s a bullshit excuse viasat is making and thankfully the court system knows that and the judge is throwing i
by fossuser 5y ago
That’s not what this lawsuit is about.
Frankly that’s a bullshit excuse viasat is making and thankfully the court system knows that and the judge is throwing it out.
With 5+ years of notice of the changing landscape and seeing starlink/spacex progress the geosat companies did nothing.
They’re not even really alleging it’s because they followed rules and spacex didn’t - they’re more complaining that the environmental review for spacex from the FCC wasn’t “enough” (which the FCC disagrees with). It’s not like viasat tried to do LEO and was blocked because of rules.
It’s basically the satellite company equivalent of NIMBY building suits about shadows on a park. The true motives are elsewhere.
This is just a company that sees the writing on the wall using their legal team to try to find ways to stop their competitor rather than actually competing on the merits of their product.
The faster they go bankrupt, the better it’ll be for actual players in the space building real tech.