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> If I am ISIS can I launch a satellite filled with recruitment videos and have it essentially outside the jurisdiction of any country? sure, in this highly un
by walrus01 5y ago
> If I am ISIS can I launch a satellite filled with recruitment videos and have it essentially outside the jurisdiction of any country?
sure, in this highly unlikely scenario, if you take into account that the likely result would be the USA air-striking your launch facility into rubble, which is big and fragile.
developing a launch vehicle that can send a 200-300kg payload into low earth orbit on short notice is pretty much the same thing as developing an ICBM, which the nuclear power nation states of the world tend to frown upon.