Ep. 671: The Consequences to Breaking Space Laws
Astronomy Cast
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The FCC's Problem With Space Bees
The FCC and FAA aren't entirely sure that tiny satellites can be well tracked. Once they're in orbit and they're giving off radio emissions, it's the FCC's problem. These little space bees could not just sting other satellites, but collide violently into them. And if the trajectories are perpendicular to one another or just at different enough velocities, this could create debris clouds.
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