posted on Mar, 30 2020 @ 09:50 AM
a reply to:
Fallingdown
The Starlink plan blots out the coverage of high in orbit geostationary satellites.
The established rules on satellite interference followed by SpaceX were not designed for LEO 'moving targets'. So the US effectively made its own
rules up to allow Starlink to use up a truly global resource.
As for 'multiple uses' I guess these must be in North America where the mass of the constellation - ultimately thousands - will be focussed.
As far as I'm aware there is no plan to maintain or park these cubes - so I wonder what happens when the stop working, or indeed slip out of synch at
all. But this wont happen because...well, its Elon right?
Fortuneate the constellation has a hole in it right over the mid US patch declared a 'radio silent' zone.
Spacelink strikes me as a flawed strategic play on the part of the US. A bit like Lybia in space.
One day the Pentagon will realise just because they can, doesn't mean they should.