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Re:Starlink Is a Big Deal by njarboe on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @04:09PM (#22185852)
I don't think there is a treaty about it. These satellites are in space, not in the air. Around 100km usually is used as the boundary or, more practically, as high as your anti-aircraft missiles can go. It does not really make sense to claim everything up in a cone from your country to infinity. Multiple countries claiming different planets at different times would be weird.

SpaceX got approval to launch these satellites from the FCC.

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Re:Starlink Is a Big Deal by unnouinceput on Thursday January 30, 2020 @01:54AM (#22189452)
Wasn't some time ago a Chinese satellite blown from their orbit by a missile? I think current technology allows you to blow stuff up from sky quite more then just 100 Km.
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