[ih] SpaceX may spend billions to outsource Starlink satellite-dish production, an industry insider says — and could lose $2,000 on each one it sells

[Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond]

I presume that all of these satellites will be located above the United 
States, or does the FCC have jurisdiction over the whole world's airspace?

The other question I have is what makes this offering different to past 
failed LEO offerings? We're told "this time it will be different" yet 
the world's moving towards a better and more efficient use of resources 
(it needs to) and there's nothing green about a LEO network. Remember 
that the earth's gravity has not changed in the past 20 years. Unless 
someone's worked on it, it remains at 9.80665 m/s^2. What goes up must 
come down. the lifetime of a LEO satellite is anything between 5 to 7 years.
Kindest regards,

Olivier

On 26/11/2020 00:07, the keyboard of geoff goodfellow via 
Internet-history wrote:
> in late May:
>
> --> SpaceX submitted an application to the FCC for its second generation
> system of 30,000 Non-Geostationary (NGSO) satellites
> https://fcc.report/IBFS/SAT-LOA-20200526-00055/2378669.pdf
> via
> https://www.satellitetoday.com/launch/2020/06/04/spacex-launches-60-more-starlink-satellites-2/
>
> --> OneWeb has told the FCC that it wants to increase the number of
> satellites in its constellation to 48,000, viz.:
> https://www.satellitetoday.com/broadband/2020/05/27/oneweb-explains-fcc-application-for-48000-constellation-satellites/
>
> and at the end of July:
>
> --> The FCC granted Amazon approval on Thursday to build out Project
> Kuiper, its planned constellation of 3,236 satellites in Low-Earth Orbit
> https://www.satellitetoday.com/broadband/2020/07/31/fcc-approves-amazons-kuiper-constellation/
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 25, 2020 at 11:12 AM Steffen Nurpmeso <steffen at sdaoden.eu>
> wrote:
>
>> the keyboard of geoff goodfellow wrote in
>>   <CAEf-zriE35fPZDoAffzW0fwtpvtxk2VqSXodu0s4jQDXC4Y+7Q at mail.gmail.com>:
>>    ...
>>   |   - *SpaceX recently launched a public beta test for Starlink, its
>> growing
>>   |   network of internet-beaming satellites
>>
>> Sorry not to step in cheering this.
>> I think now the time has come to raise massive taxes on these
>> things which violate the heaven above.
>> The sheer number of rocket resource needed to keep these lines
>> closed is ridiculous.  Is there any science going on on improving
>> the situation regarding this?  Space lift?
>> And i am very, very thankful that at least the newer satellites of
>> _that_ company seem to hide their solar panel reflections from the
>> earth, it always have been moments of deeply felt hate seeing
>> these (?) lines of satellites flying by (following each other
>> within ~30 seconds), i personally would have shoot them.
>> I know there are cultures on this world which feel the same.
>>
>> Thank you.
>> (And i _love_ books, battered or not.)
>>
>> --steffen
>> |
>> |Der Kragenbaer,                The moon bear,
>> |der holt sich munter           he cheerfully and one by one
>> |einen nach dem anderen runter  wa.ks himself off
>> |(By Robert Gernhardt)
>>
>>