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  1. The gloves are coming off as SpaceX petitions the FCC to place operational limits on Viasat next satellite deployment.

    At stake is whether Viasat must modify its technical configuration or accept operational power caps. A ruling here could create precedents for spectrum coordination, operational power limits, and orbital coexistence across the commercial satellite industry. satnews.com/2026/08/31/spacex- #Space #Satellites #SpaceX #Viasat #Starlink #RFSpectrum #GeostationaryOrbit #GSO #FCC
    #LowEarthOrbit #LEO #KuBand #KaBand #EquivalentPowerFluxDensity #EPFD

  2. The gloves are coming off as SpaceX petitions the FCC to place operational limits on Viasat next satellite deployment.

    At stake is whether Viasat must modify its technical configuration or accept operational power caps. A ruling here could create precedents for spectrum coordination, operational power limits, and orbital coexistence across the commercial satellite industry. satnews.com/2026/08/31/spacex- #Space #Satellites #SpaceX #Viasat #Starlink #RFSpectrum #GeostationaryOrbit #GSO #FCC
    #LowEarthOrbit #LEO #KuBand #KaBand #EquivalentPowerFluxDensity #EPFD

  3. The gloves are coming off as SpaceX petitions the FCC to place operational limits on Viasat next satellite deployment.

    At stake is whether Viasat must modify its technical configuration or accept operational power caps. A ruling here could create precedents for spectrum coordination, operational power limits, and orbital coexistence across the commercial satellite industry. satnews.com/2026/08/31/spacex- #Space #Satellites #SpaceX #Viasat #Starlink #RFSpectrum #GeostationaryOrbit #GSO #FCC
    #LowEarthOrbit #LEO #KuBand #KaBand #EquivalentPowerFluxDensity #EPFD

  4. The gloves are coming off as SpaceX petitions the FCC to place operational limits on Viasat next satellite deployment.

    At stake is whether Viasat must modify its technical configuration or accept operational power caps. A ruling here could create precedents for spectrum coordination, operational power limits, and orbital coexistence across the commercial satellite industry. satnews.com/2026/08/31/spacex- #Space #Satellites #SpaceX #Viasat #Starlink #RFSpectrum #GeostationaryOrbit #GSO #FCC
    #LowEarthOrbit #LEO #KuBand #KaBand #EquivalentPowerFluxDensity #EPFD

  5. The gloves are coming off as SpaceX petitions the FCC to place operational limits on Viasat next satellite deployment.

    At stake is whether Viasat must modify its technical configuration or accept operational power caps. A ruling here could create precedents for spectrum coordination, operational power limits, and orbital coexistence across the commercial satellite industry. satnews.com/2026/08/31/spacex-

  6. "Nivelir (Russian: Нивелир; 'dumpy level'; Project 14K167) is a class of Russian military low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites widely believed to be co-orbital anti-satellite weapons (ASAT) with secondary space surveillance missions. The spacecraft are often compared to Matryoshka 'nesting dolls,' as each contain a smaller inspector subsatellite, which can themselves deploy one or more kinetic kill vehicles (KKV)."
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nivelir #lowearthorbit

  7. "Nivelir (Russian: Нивелир; 'dumpy level'; Project 14K167) is a class of Russian military low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites widely believed to be co-orbital anti-satellite weapons (ASAT) with secondary space surveillance missions. The spacecraft are often compared to Matryoshka 'nesting dolls,' as each contain a smaller inspector subsatellite, which can themselves deploy one or more kinetic kill vehicles (KKV)."
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nivelir #lowearthorbit

  8. "Nivelir (Russian: Нивелир; 'dumpy level'; Project 14K167) is a class of Russian military low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites widely believed to be co-orbital anti-satellite weapons (ASAT) with secondary space surveillance missions. The spacecraft are often compared to Matryoshka 'nesting dolls,' as each contain a smaller inspector subsatellite, which can themselves deploy one or more kinetic kill vehicles (KKV)."
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nivelir #lowearthorbit

  9. "Nivelir (Russian: Нивелир; 'dumpy level'; Project 14K167) is a class of Russian military low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites widely believed to be co-orbital anti-satellite weapons (ASAT) with secondary space surveillance missions. The spacecraft are often compared to Matryoshka 'nesting dolls,' as each contain a smaller inspector subsatellite, which can themselves deploy one or more kinetic kill vehicles (KKV)."
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nivelir #lowearthorbit

  10. Is that all? Only ~1 Ton per week?

    Last year, the U.S. Space Force issued alerts for nearly 820 objects entering the Earth’s atmosphere.

    “Re-entries happen each and every day,” "Huge objects weighing a metric ton or more arrive about once a week" according the space collision experts.

    While much of the debris incinerates in the atmosphere or splashes into the Pacific, but when it does not - it can land anywhere and on one can predict where.

    SpaceX indicates ~5% of the mass of some of its satellites may not disintegrate when they "de-orbit". nytimes.com/2026/07/31/world/a

    I wrote about Satellite Collision Avoidance systems here: techaptitude.substack.com/p/sa

    #Space #SpaceJunk #SpaceDebris #EarthOrbit #LEO #LowEarthOrbit #SSA #SpaceSituationalAwareness #Satellites #Deorbit #FCC #Regulations

  11. Is that all? Only ~1 Ton per week?

    Last year, the U.S. Space Force issued alerts for nearly 820 objects entering the Earth’s atmosphere.

    “Re-entries happen each and every day,” "Huge objects weighing a metric ton or more arrive about once a week" according the space collision experts.

    While much of the debris incinerates in the atmosphere or splashes into the Pacific, but when it does not - it can land anywhere and on one can predict where.

    SpaceX indicates ~5% of the mass of some of its satellites may not disintegrate when they "de-orbit". nytimes.com/2026/07/31/world/a

    I wrote about Satellite Collision Avoidance systems here: techaptitude.substack.com/p/sa

    #Space #SpaceJunk #SpaceDebris #EarthOrbit #LEO #LowEarthOrbit #SSA #SpaceSituationalAwareness #Satellites #Deorbit #FCC #Regulations

  12. Is that all? Only ~1 Ton per week?

    Last year, the U.S. Space Force issued alerts for nearly 820 objects entering the Earth’s atmosphere.

    “Re-entries happen each and every day,” "Huge objects weighing a metric ton or more arrive about once a week" according the space collision experts.

    While much of the debris incinerates in the atmosphere or splashes into the Pacific, but when it does not - it can land anywhere and on one can predict where.

    SpaceX indicates ~5% of the mass of some of its satellites may not disintegrate when they "de-orbit". nytimes.com/2026/07/31/world/a

    I wrote about Satellite Collision Avoidance systems here: techaptitude.substack.com/p/sa

    #Space #SpaceJunk #SpaceDebris #EarthOrbit #LEO #LowEarthOrbit #SSA #SpaceSituationalAwareness #Satellites #Deorbit #FCC #Regulations

  13. Is that all? Only ~1 Ton per week?

    Last year, the U.S. Space Force issued alerts for nearly 820 objects entering the Earth’s atmosphere.

    “Re-entries happen each and every day,” "Huge objects weighing a metric ton or more arrive about once a week" according the space collision experts.

    While much of the debris incinerates in the atmosphere or splashes into the Pacific, but when it does not - it can land anywhere and on one can predict where.

    SpaceX indicates ~5% of the mass of some of its satellites may not disintegrate when they "de-orbit". nytimes.com/2026/07/31/world/a

    I wrote about Satellite Collision Avoidance systems here: techaptitude.substack.com/p/sa

    #Space #SpaceJunk #SpaceDebris #EarthOrbit #LEO #LowEarthOrbit #SSA #SpaceSituationalAwareness #Satellites #Deorbit #FCC #Regulations

  14. Is that all? Only ~1 Ton per week?

    Last year, the U.S. Space Force issued alerts for nearly 820 objects entering the Earth’s atmosphere.

    “Re-entries happen each and every day,” "Huge objects weighing a metric ton or more arrive about once a week" according the space collision experts.

    While much of the debris incinerates in the atmosphere or splashes into the Pacific, but when it does not - it can land anywhere and on one can predict where.

    SpaceX indicates ~5% of the mass of some of its satellites may not disintegrate when they "de-orbit". nytimes.com/2026/07/31/world/a

    I wrote about Satellite Collision Avoidance systems here: techaptitude.substack.com/p/sa

  15. #SpaceDatacenters proposed by #Musk and #Bezos ‘catastrophic’ for planet, experts warn

    New US petition demands review of plans from #TechCompanies amid fears of #EnvironmentalDestruction

    Tom Perkins
    Thu 23 Jul 2026

    Excerpt: "The number of active #satellites in orbit has grown exponentially from about 1,400 in 2015 to about 15,000 currently. As many as 100,000 are expected to be in orbit within the decade, not including the #datacenter networks. As of now, the bulk of the satellites’ pollution is thought to come from #Starlink and Amazon’s '#MegaConstellations' that provide broadband internet made up of about 10,000 satellites.

    "Spacecraft can cause problems on their way up and down. Launches emit a range of emissions like #BlackCarbon, #NitrogenOxides, #CarbonMonoxide, #AluminumOxide, #ChlorineGases and, once in orbit, #mercury. When satellites are decommissioned five to 15 years later, they release metals as they vaporize. That’s injecting #pollutants into previously pristine parts of the #stratosphere, a highly sensitive system, and there’s very little understanding of the consequences."

    Read more:
    theguardian.com/science/2026/j

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/A9F07

    #ElonSucks #TechBros #BezosSucks #BigData #Datacenters #WorldPol #USPol #LEO #LowEarthOrbit #KesslerSyndrome #LightPollution

  16. #SpaceDatacenters proposed by #Musk and #Bezos ‘catastrophic’ for planet, experts warn

    New US petition demands review of plans from #TechCompanies amid fears of #EnvironmentalDestruction

    Tom Perkins
    Thu 23 Jul 2026

    Excerpt: "The number of active #satellites in orbit has grown exponentially from about 1,400 in 2015 to about 15,000 currently. As many as 100,000 are expected to be in orbit within the decade, not including the #datacenter networks. As of now, the bulk of the satellites’ pollution is thought to come from #Starlink and Amazon’s '#MegaConstellations' that provide broadband internet made up of about 10,000 satellites.

    "Spacecraft can cause problems on their way up and down. Launches emit a range of emissions like #BlackCarbon, #NitrogenOxides, #CarbonMonoxide, #AluminumOxide, #ChlorineGases and, once in orbit, #mercury. When satellites are decommissioned five to 15 years later, they release metals as they vaporize. That’s injecting #pollutants into previously pristine parts of the #stratosphere, a highly sensitive system, and there’s very little understanding of the consequences."

    Read more:
    theguardian.com/science/2026/j

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/A9F07

    #ElonSucks #TechBros #BezosSucks #BigData #Datacenters #WorldPol #USPol #LEO #LowEarthOrbit #KesslerSyndrome #LightPollution

  17. #SpaceDatacenters proposed by #Musk and #Bezos ‘catastrophic’ for planet, experts warn

    New US petition demands review of plans from #TechCompanies amid fears of #EnvironmentalDestruction

    Tom Perkins
    Thu 23 Jul 2026

    Excerpt: "The number of active #satellites in orbit has grown exponentially from about 1,400 in 2015 to about 15,000 currently. As many as 100,000 are expected to be in orbit within the decade, not including the #datacenter networks. As of now, the bulk of the satellites’ pollution is thought to come from #Starlink and Amazon’s '#MegaConstellations' that provide broadband internet made up of about 10,000 satellites.

    "Spacecraft can cause problems on their way up and down. Launches emit a range of emissions like #BlackCarbon, #NitrogenOxides, #CarbonMonoxide, #AluminumOxide, #ChlorineGases and, once in orbit, #mercury. When satellites are decommissioned five to 15 years later, they release metals as they vaporize. That’s injecting #pollutants into previously pristine parts of the #stratosphere, a highly sensitive system, and there’s very little understanding of the consequences."

    Read more:
    theguardian.com/science/2026/j

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/A9F07

    #ElonSucks #TechBros #BezosSucks #BigData #Datacenters #WorldPol #USPol #LEO #LowEarthOrbit #KesslerSyndrome #LightPollution

  18. #SpaceDatacenters proposed by #Musk and #Bezos ‘catastrophic’ for planet, experts warn

    New US petition demands review of plans from #TechCompanies amid fears of #EnvironmentalDestruction

    Tom Perkins
    Thu 23 Jul 2026

    Excerpt: "The number of active #satellites in orbit has grown exponentially from about 1,400 in 2015 to about 15,000 currently. As many as 100,000 are expected to be in orbit within the decade, not including the #datacenter networks. As of now, the bulk of the satellites’ pollution is thought to come from #Starlink and Amazon’s '#MegaConstellations' that provide broadband internet made up of about 10,000 satellites.

    "Spacecraft can cause problems on their way up and down. Launches emit a range of emissions like #BlackCarbon, #NitrogenOxides, #CarbonMonoxide, #AluminumOxide, #ChlorineGases and, once in orbit, #mercury. When satellites are decommissioned five to 15 years later, they release metals as they vaporize. That’s injecting #pollutants into previously pristine parts of the #stratosphere, a highly sensitive system, and there’s very little understanding of the consequences."

    Read more:
    theguardian.com/science/2026/j

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/A9F07

    #ElonSucks #TechBros #BezosSucks #BigData #Datacenters #WorldPol #USPol #LEO #LowEarthOrbit #KesslerSyndrome #LightPollution

  19. #SpaceDatacenters proposed by #Musk and #Bezos ‘catastrophic’ for planet, experts warn

    New US petition demands review of plans from #TechCompanies amid fears of #EnvironmentalDestruction

    Tom Perkins
    Thu 23 Jul 2026

    Excerpt: "The number of active #satellites in orbit has grown exponentially from about 1,400 in 2015 to about 15,000 currently. As many as 100,000 are expected to be in orbit within the decade, not including the #datacenter networks. As of now, the bulk of the satellites’ pollution is thought to come from #Starlink and Amazon’s '#MegaConstellations' that provide broadband internet made up of about 10,000 satellites.

    "Spacecraft can cause problems on their way up and down. Launches emit a range of emissions like #BlackCarbon, #NitrogenOxides, #CarbonMonoxide, #AluminumOxide, #ChlorineGases and, once in orbit, #mercury. When satellites are decommissioned five to 15 years later, they release metals as they vaporize. That’s injecting #pollutants into previously pristine parts of the #stratosphere, a highly sensitive system, and there’s very little understanding of the consequences."

    Read more:
    theguardian.com/science/2026/j

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/A9F07

    #ElonSucks #TechBros #BezosSucks #BigData #Datacenters #WorldPol #USPol #LEO #LowEarthOrbit #KesslerSyndrome #LightPollution

  20. @tuban_muzuru @kibcol1049 So who will be paying for that? Not Elon Jeff or their ilk to be sure. #Space #LowEarthOrbit

  21. @tuban_muzuru @kibcol1049 So who will be paying for that? Not Elon Jeff or their ilk to be sure. #Space #LowEarthOrbit

  22. @tuban_muzuru @kibcol1049 So who will be paying for that? Not Elon Jeff or their ilk to be sure. #Space #LowEarthOrbit

  23. @tuban_muzuru @kibcol1049 So who will be paying for that? Not Elon Jeff or their ilk to be sure. #Space #LowEarthOrbit

  24. @tuban_muzuru @kibcol1049 So who will be paying for that? Not Elon Jeff or their ilk to be sure. #Space #LowEarthOrbit

  25. This Startup Wants to Use Space Mirrors to Light Up Earth at Night. Feds Just Said Go Ahead

    California startup Reflect Orbital received clearance to launch its first satellite, aiming to build a constellation to illuminate…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Science #FCC #lowEarthorbit #Satellites
    newsbeep.com/us/761369/

  26. This Startup Wants to Use Space Mirrors to Light Up Earth at Night. Feds Just Said Go Ahead

    California startup Reflect Orbital received clearance to launch its first satellite, aiming to build a constellation to illuminate…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Science #FCC #lowEarthorbit #Satellites
    newsbeep.com/us/761369/

  27. Elon Musk Says Space Is ‘the Only Way to Scale at Scale’ for AI Computing Amid Earthbound Bottlenecks

    Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. Elon…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Space #Artificialintelligence #DataCenters #elonmusk #lowEarthorbit #Science #spaceX
    newsbeep.com/us/747665/

  28. Elon Musk Says Space Is ‘the Only Way to Scale at Scale’ for AI Computing Amid Earthbound Bottlenecks

    Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. Elon…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Space #Artificialintelligence #DataCenters #elonmusk #lowEarthorbit #Science #spaceX
    newsbeep.com/us/747665/

  29. Amazon confirms it now has enough satellites (currently 396) in orbit to begin “initial service” of its Leo internet-from-space network later this year. Last launch = liftoff at 12:30:15 a.m. EDT on July 2, using ULA Atlas V launch vehicle.

    No formal start date for LEO other than "later this year". cnbc.com/2026/07/02/amazon-has #Amazon #Leo #Space #Satellite #Internet #ULA #AtlasV #LowEarthOrbit

  30. Amazon confirms it now has enough satellites (currently 396) in orbit to begin “initial service” of its Leo internet-from-space network later this year. Last launch = liftoff at 12:30:15 a.m. EDT on July 2, using ULA Atlas V launch vehicle.

    No formal start date for LEO other than "later this year". cnbc.com/2026/07/02/amazon-has #Amazon #Leo #Space #Satellite #Internet #ULA #AtlasV #LowEarthOrbit