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Any thoughts on AST SpaceMobile? It seems to be ahead of the game with regard to technology but obviously not scale relative to Starlink. https://www.satellite

• schiffern 3y ago
  If you check out their hardware[0,1] — and especially their upcoming hardware[2] — you quickly realize that it's AST SpaceMobile who will be "ruining the night sky for all humanity," not Starlink. [0] https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/2/23899530/satellite-night-sky-blue-walker-3-brightest-object https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/2/23899530/satellite-night-... [1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/10/04/bright-satellite-study-bluewalker3/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/10/0... [2] https://spacenews.com/ast-spacemobile-discloses-further-satellite-delays-and-cost-increases/ https://spacenews.com/ast-spacemobile-discloses-further-sate...
  • panick21_ 3y ago
    With all the focus on Starlink, SpaceX has been about the best behaved anybody could expect from a constellation. Other constellations will be far worse. OneWeb for example is much, much worse for issues around space debris. The list goes on. Many companies less in the public eye won't care nearly as much as SpaceX.