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In practice, those who seek launches on commercial markets don't mind all those America-related complications much. The US isn't really interested in the secre
by inglor_cz 2y ago
In practice, those who seek launches on commercial markets don't mind all those America-related complications much.
The US isn't really interested in the secrets of some Malaysian or Brazilian TV satellite.
- TheLoafOfBread 2y agoThey don't until they compete with some big US company which has direct contacts into government. Then it suddenly matter.
- Beretta_Vexee 2y ago> The US isn't really interested in the secrets of some Malaysian or Brazilian TV satellite. Once again, compliance with US regulations, including export control, dual-use goods and tax regulations, can be weaponized, and has been in the past. Maybe the TV satellite manufacturer has also supplied a weather satellite to Brazil that contains technologies covered by export control, bingo. Your satellite and your assets in the USA are frozen until the manufacturer provide all the information needed to decide whether or not it was a spy satellite. The godamn Mars rover is covered by 14 export control technologies. https://www.bis.doc.gov/index.php/documents/pdfs/1008-satellites-final-rules/file https://www.bis.doc.gov/index.php/documents/pdfs/1008-satell... It's a minefield and it was designed to be one. I know of several non-defense companies whose first question on the phone is "are you a US person as defined by FATCA and FISA ?".