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That ship sailed long ago. there are tons of satellites that make that completely impossible to control.
by jki275 2y ago
That ship sailed long ago. there are tons of satellites that make that completely impossible to control.
- fidotron 2y agoIt will change fast when a non NATO aligned entity attempts to deploy their Starlink.
- brookst 2y agoYou mean like Thousand Sails [1]? 1. https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2024/08/06/china-launches-its-rival-to-elon-musks-starlink-internet-satellites.html https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2024/08/06/china-launches-its-rival...
- tim333 2y agoNot as high tech as Starlink - one geostationary satellite - but twenty years ago I was using Thuraya, a Dubai based satellite service, to communicate from Tibet in a way that was not officially allowed by the Chinese but they couldn't do much about unless they searched my luggage for the phone I guess.
- jki275 2y agoI've used Thuraya in a region of the world not far from there as well. Globalstar, Iridium, Inmarsat were all available at the time as well.
- m4rtink 2y agoChina is deploying one, complete with exploding upper stages shedding debris into long lived orbits. Only strongly worded complaints so far...