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Why do you assume they would necessarily obstruct air traffic space? There are plenty of places that this could be done in existing no-fly or already obstructed

Why do you assume they would necessarily obstruct air traffic space? There are plenty of places that this could be done in existing no-fly or already obstructed zones, could they not?

leoedin 15y ago
No-fly zones tend to be sensitive areas. In fact, the only way they could get away with something like this would be to put them in out of the way unrestricted airspace. If you're in an area where visual flight rules (VFR) apply, then you're far less likely to have trouble with aviation authorities. Try and fly something in a no-fly zone, restricted airspace or controlled airspace and you're instantly breaking all sorts of laws. In practice, in the UK, anything under 7 kg flown under 400 ft and within 500 m of the operator is legal without any certification or permission from anyone. It's possible that if you chose to fly your servers over no territory (international waters), and stayed out of accepted airways, then you'd have a little more leeway.
- discodave 15y ago
  How high does the airspace restriction go? 10km? 100km?
  - tibbon 15y ago
    Right, don't we have international treaties that say no one owns "space"?
    - uxp 15y ago
      This was more or less asked a a few days ago on Reddit[0]. The top comment explains it better than I've ever heard before, in the perspective of an American organization. But, like the article hints at, even unlicensed radio frequencies aren't free and as the LightSquared[1] issues that have recently been making news, sending radio signals from space over a designated frequency still has it's own set of problems. [0] http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/qujkt/if_a_rich_man_like_bill_gates_decided_to_finance/ http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/qujkt/if_a_rich_m... [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LightSquared#Interference_issues http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LightSquared#Interference_issue...
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discodave 15y ago
Well if the range of the radio transmitters is really 50km then a balloon could be well above commercial airspace. 36 000 feet = 11km.
sliverstorm 15y ago
Your solution is to fly in no-fly zones? Really?

Why do you assume they would necessarily obstruct air traffic space? There are plenty of places that this could be done in existing no-fly or already obstructed zones, could they not?

leoedin 15y ago

No-fly zones tend to be sensitive areas. In fact, the only way they could get away with something like this would be to put them in out of the way unrestricted airspace. If you're in an area where visual flight rules (VFR) apply, then you're far less likely to have trouble with aviation authorities. Try and fly something in a no-fly zone, restricted airspace or controlled airspace and you're instantly breaking all sorts of laws. In practice, in the UK, anything under 7 kg flown under 400 ft and within 500 m of the operator is legal without any certification or permission from anyone. It's possible that if you chose to fly your servers over no territory (international waters), and stayed out of accepted airways, then you'd have a little more leeway.

discodave 15y ago
How high does the airspace restriction go? 10km? 100km?
- tibbon 15y ago
  Right, don't we have international treaties that say no one owns "space"?
  - uxp 15y ago
    This was more or less asked a a few days ago on Reddit[0]. The top comment explains it better than I've ever heard before, in the perspective of an American organization. But, like the article hints at, even unlicensed radio frequencies aren't free and as the LightSquared[1] issues that have recently been making news, sending radio signals from space over a designated frequency still has it's own set of problems. [0] http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/qujkt/if_a_rich_man_like_bill_gates_decided_to_finance/ http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/qujkt/if_a_rich_m... [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LightSquared#Interference_issues http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LightSquared#Interference_issue...
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discodave 15y ago

Well if the range of the radio transmitters is really 50km then a balloon could be well above commercial airspace. 36 000 feet = 11km.

sliverstorm 15y ago

Your solution is to fly in no-fly zones? Really?