#lowearthorbit — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #lowearthorbit, aggregated by home.social.
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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. https://satnews.com/2026/08/31/spacex-petitions-fcc-to-block-viasat-satellite-authorization-over-starlink-interference-concerns/ #Space #Satellites #SpaceX #Viasat #Starlink #RFSpectrum #GeostationaryOrbit #GSO #FCC
#LowEarthOrbit #LEO #KuBand #KaBand #EquivalentPowerFluxDensity #EPFD -
#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 2026Excerpt: "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:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jul/23/space-datacenters-bezos-blue-originArchived version:
https://archive.ph/A9F07#ElonSucks #TechBros #BezosSucks #BigData #Datacenters #WorldPol #USPol #LEO #LowEarthOrbit #KesslerSyndrome #LightPollution
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Close, but no cigar...
A Chinese rocket breaks apart dangerously close to the #Starlink constellation
By Stephen Clark, June 15, 2026
#WorldPol #DarkSkies #KesslerSyndrome #KesslerEffect #LowEarthOrbit #LEO
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SpaceX has officially pushed its Star link mega-constellation past 10,600 active satellites in low-Earth orbit following another flawless Falcon 9 deployment.
#spacex #starlink #falcon9 #elonmuskquotes #spaceexploration #satelliteinternet #astronomy #technews #rocketlaunch #LowEarthOrbit
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#SpaceX acquires #xAI, plans to launch a massive #SatelliteConstellation to power it
“This marks not just the next chapter, but the next book in SpaceX and xAI’s mission.”
Eric Berger – Feb 2, 2026
"SpaceX has formally acquired another one of Elon Musk’s companies, xAi, the space company announced on Monday afternoon.
“SpaceX has acquired xAI to form the most ambitious, vertically-integrated innovation engine on (and off) Earth, with AI, rockets, space-based internet, direct-to-mobile device communications and the world’s foremost real-time information and free speech platform,' the company said. 'This marks not just the next chapter, but the next book in SpaceX and xAI’s mission: scaling to make a sentient sun to understand the Universe and extend the light of consciousness to the stars!' [How much Special-K did you take, dude?]
"The merging of what is arguably Musk’s most successful company, SpaceX, with the more speculative xAI venture is a risk. Founded in 2023, xAI’s main products are the generative AI chatbot Grok and the social media site X, formerly known as Twitter. The company aims to compete with OpenAI and other artificial intelligence firms. However, Grok has been controversial, including the sexualization of women and children through AI-generated images, as has Musk’s management of Twitter."
#USPol #WorldPol #ElonSucks #SkyNet #AISucks #DarkSkies #SpacePollution #SatellitePollution #LowEarthOrbit #KesslerEffect #KesslerSyndrom
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Oh great, more companies competing to hasten #KesslerSyndrome !
#Starlink-rival Eutelsat signs deal with Europe's #MaiaSpace to launch satellites
By Gianluca Lo Nostro
Fri, January 16, 2026 at 7:11 AM EST"#Eutelsat, which acquired OneWeb in 2023, plans to launch 440 Airbus-built #LEO #satellites in the coming years to replenish and expand its constellation."
Read more:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/starlink-rival-eutelsat-signs-deal-121115488.html#LEO #LowEarthOrbit #SpaceJunk #Satellites #KesslerEffect #DarkSkies #SpaceTrash
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Can you say “Deconfliction”? The Risk of Satellite Collisions is going Parabolic – Not a good thing.
The latest TechAptitude post is is live - reviews the current state of Space Situational Awareness (SSA) and the growing risk of spacecraft collisions.
https://open.substack.com/pub/techaptitude/p/the-risk-of-satellite-collisions?r=vn8b8&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true #Space #Satellites #SSA #SatelliteCollision #Deconfliction #TechAptitude #LowEarthOrbit -
First Air-Breathing Spacecraft
#HackerNews #AirBreathingSpacecraft #SpaceInnovation #LowEarthOrbit #DARPA #Redwire
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#SpaceForce Wants To Go Lower Than #LowEarthOrbit To Counter China
The area in question is called very low-Earth orbit (#VLEO), which, as you might imagine, is even lower than #LEO, usually the nearest environment where #spacecraft operate, just 55 to 280 miles above the Earth's surface. Being closer to the ground means stronger signal strength and more detailed photography, two things the military tends to care about a lot. More spaces also provide more redundancy.
https://www.jalopnik.com/1960070/space-force-wants-lower-than-low-earth-orbit/ -
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