are they gonna have to pay NORAD for all the extra shit they put up there? should there be a rule against American companies using foreign nation to launch satellites under their control? should a space control cabal be formed?
ESA had to perform a collision avoidance manoeuvre for Aeolus because of SpaceX' Starlink:
https://twitter.com/esaoperations/status/1168533241873260544
SpaceX Refused To Move A Starlink Satellite At Risk Of Collision With A European Satellite:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanocallaghan/2019/09/02/spacex-refused-to-move-a-starlink-satellite-at-risk-of-collision-with-a-european-satellite/#6e2c36d51f62
Aeolus is a little bit longer in space than the Starlink satellite. So we can guess what will happen with tons of LEO internet satellites and SpaceX' attitude.
are satellite related lawsuits precedented?
I mean, for stuff that happens in space, not dishnet related scammers as usual/illegal tv, or patent crap. I mean like collisions, occupation of orbital path, interference
https://www.space.com/20173-china-space-junk-crash-lawsuit.html
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/3392/1
can this lead to lesser nations becoming some kind of satellite launch havens since they will reject litigation? Kind of like Caymen islands, Panama, Switzerland, Ireland being tech/financial hubs
Many states have adopted national space legislation, including Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, France, Germany, Japan, Kazakhstan, the Netherlands, Norway, the Republic of Korea, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, and the United States.4 Several are detailed below, in order to demonstrate the common approach to absolute versus fault-based liability and state liability versus corporate liability.
Is north korea a Chinese satellite haven?
I don't think it would take too much to build a launch pad some where? I feel like south/middle america can make bank if they just decide to have lax space laws and are in dire straits already. Their not exactly horrible places to live for space engineers.
Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, Sao Tome & Principe, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Somalia, Maldives, Indonesia and Kiribati. All equatorial .
Somalia, Kenya, Congo and Uganga would probably be destabilized by the CIA if they tried it. No idea what Gabon or Sao Tome or Kiribati are. shady Nigerian satilite launch site possible? can this fix africa?
Aeolus is a little bit longer in space than the Starlink satellite. So we can guess what will happen with tons of LEO internet satellites and SpaceX' attitude.
but SpaceX says the bad communication was not intentional and that a bug in the company’s “on-call paging system” prevented the Starlink team from getting additional email correspondence from ESA.
“SpaceX is still investigating the issue and will implement corrective actions,” a company spokesperson said in a statement. “However, had the Starlink operator seen the correspondence, we would have coordinated with ESA to determine best approach with their continuing with their maneuver or our performing a maneuver.”
Problem with satellites is they are not meant to come down. Even LEO satellites remain as hazardous waste for decades. There must be a rule to deorbit (burn up) a satellite after it's mission has expired. Graveyard orbits are just a way of moving space junk somewhere/some when else. Oceanic states may protest that the Pacific is not a dumping ground for space waste.
Those satellites are ruining astrophotography and increase the risk that an unobserved meteor could collide with Earth but Elon Musk couldn't care less.
in a few years
Quotein a few yearswell I would say such company must be forced to pay, hire a Insurance Company who kicks in to remove it when the Company not exist any more.
Why should the Public aka Tax Payer pay a Company to remove the Sat from an old one?
Well here in my Country a Company who own a Property who is contaminated with Toxic Material must remove then thats why some place in a (former) Business Park is emty and the City was forced to remove the remains because the just Dumped Chemicals behind the Factory in a Trench.
Why should the Public aka Tax Payer pay a Company to remove the Sat from an old one?
Well here in my Country a Company who own a Property who is contaminated with Toxic Material must remove then thats why some place in a (former) Business Park is emty and the City was forced to remove the remains because the just Dumped Chemicals behind the Factory in a Trench.Do you have completely no clue about space or what? Satellite will deorbit by itself in a time of a few years if it fails and cannot deorbit proactively. Nobody in sane mind will fly to collect garbage from space with current technology available. Unless there is a huge leap in propulsion like from electron tubes to modern CPUs, it won't be viable. FYI Geostationary satellites move to graveyard orbit at the and of their lifetime. https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/spacecraft-graveyard/en/
Lots of LEO satellites are still up there that have been orbiting Earth for a very long time. So I dont think it's so cut and dry.
Satellite will deorbit by itself in a time of a few years
Nobody in sane mind will fly to collect garbage from space with current technology available.
few years
QuoteSatellite will deorbit by itself in a time of a few yearsWhich Upcomming Space Company want to wait "a few years" until there is space for them?