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Re:FCC Accuses Stealthy Startup of Launching Rogue Satellites by walrus01 on Friday March 09, 2018 @06:17PM (#16555925)
Yes, I agree... I mean I don't disagree with the principle that corporations should be spanked for intentionally launching orbital debris that is below the tracking size threshold. 1U cubesat is not so difficult. I am just not sure that the FCC is the appropriate agency to be regulating orbital two line elements, minimum satellite bus size, etc.

The USAF/NORAD operates the US feds' space tracking functionality but is not set up to regulate things, they provide Secret and TS level data to agencies like the NRO and other parts of the USAF (for missions like the X-37), but I don't think the USAF spacetrack agency has any regulatory authority. Probably it should have such, if this sort of thing continues.

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Re:FCC Accuses Stealthy Startup of Launching Rogue Satellites by Thorondor on Friday March 09, 2018 @06:19PM (#16555935)
IMO the FAA should be the responsible regulatory agency.
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Re:FCC Accuses Stealthy Startup of Launching Rogue Satellites by rtkwe on Friday March 09, 2018 @06:26PM (#16555987)
No where is a perfect fit. I think FCC gets it because damn near everything going up is going to want to transmit back down as a critical part of the mission so giving the full authority over safety to a single agency to issue one license makes sense. The FAA does have authority over launches but seems like it's just when it's moving through the atmosphere.
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