FCC Accuses Stealthy Startup of Launching Rogue Satellites

Re:FCC Accuses Stealthy Startup of Launching Rogue Satellites by Dylan16807 on Saturday March 10, 2018 @12:00PM (#16559220)

That wasn't the part about finding satellites, though.

And 99.965% absorption is still visible in a bright light.

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Re:FCC Accuses Stealthy Startup of Launching Rogue Satellites by Zak on Sunday March 11, 2018 @03:02PM (#16564268)

There's an interesting demonstration of this on Youtube:

"The Worlds Blackest Black vs The Worlds Brightest Flashlight (32,000 lumen)—Which Will Win?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaFdCvnV8PM

To summarize, the flashlight wins, and it's reasonable to expect the effect would be the same with a laser and sensitive detection equipment.

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Re:FCC Accuses Stealthy Startup of Launching Rogue Satellites by detritus on Sunday March 11, 2018 @03:13PM (#16564311)

@zak (sorry, I couldn't reply directly)

That isn't Vantablack as such though, is it? Afaik, Vantablack proper requires a specific application process [1], which I've mentally envisaged as being something akin to growing diamonds in a lab on a substrate, or applying flocking to materials.

I'd be quite curious to know what the reflectivity would be like on some clever coating consisting of vertically-laid carbon nano tubes, etc.

[1] - https://www.surreynanosystems.com/vantablack/applying-vantab...

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