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Re:FCC Issues Warning in Wake of Swarm's Unauthorized Launch by chiefalchemist on Thursday April 19, 2018 @08:36PM (#16881304)
I'm going to guess NASA didn't want it or wasn't trusted to do so. They're rocket scientists, not trash men / women.

The FAA does planes.

It's like - I'm guessing - the FCC got it because the first non-gov satellites were for comms. It's not likely the Luddites in Washington DC would have anticipated the situations we have today.

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Re:FCC Issues Warning in Wake of Swarm's Unauthorized Launch by gnode on Friday April 20, 2018 @11:35AM (#16885632)
> The FAA does planes.

They also oversee the launch and reentry of space vehicles, amongst numerous other roles.

https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/as...

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Re:FCC Issues Warning in Wake of Swarm's Unauthorized Launch by chiefalchemist on Saturday April 21, 2018 @12:23AM (#16889970)
But when did that role begin?
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