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it's just the stupid satellite array

@previous (jodi !ariasXXmaE)
Truly stupid because if Space X gets its way - Space going to be polluted like crazy

Of course someone could go into the clean up space business with space robots designed to scoop up and the crashed in space parts.

@previous (Syntax)
they crossed the sight line of some telescope a few weeks ago too and got some astronomers all riled up

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@previous (jodi !ariasXXmaE)
They filed plans and are still digging for the money to put up 12,000 Satellites by 2024 and they are telling investors the plan is to end up with 24,000.
They also keep saying they are working out how to make astronomers happy.

Globalstar System at the GetGo had a plan ready to keep astronomers happy - My Satellites and many I still call mine based on how I birthed them - They are NOT reflective at all. Exactly the opposite - However the Frequencies they transmit on drive Radio Astronomers crazy, so a software program was developed by G*Star so Radio Astronomer's can avoid Issues And in some cases we even turn off a Offending Satellite just long enough so Astronomers end up able to do the work they need to do.

The CHEEP design of Space X requires the Reflective surface so as to keep the internal temps down.

Crazy is the competition planned - OneWeb is building 2662 Satellites not including spares - Samsung 4,600-Satellites. Amazon, 3,236 Satellites.

And the list goes on and on and on - In the past people like Bill Gates and other Billionairs planned on similar systems and gave UP after it was discovered that Both Globalstar and its prime competitor Iridium had to invest Billions Each and Yet those that need Cell Service which includes Data streaming - Just not enough customers to make REAL MONEY

Limited in what I can legally say BUT it turns out the Billions spent in Globalstar's case - One could dump the total system and still MAKE A Bloody Fortune with just One Key Asset that is worth more then all the R&D and Hardware on Ground and the costs of Launch and the Birds themselves - That has value but NOTHING Like a Value No one considered at the time of business plan.

Me I will invest in the Space Clean up business.

Image is of Globalstar's competitor Iridium and a Russian so called Communication Satellite - Sources say it was a Spy in Sky Satellite that failed to work from day1

A MASS of Huge Chunks of the Space Junk has almost hit the Space Station and China keeps reporting near misses of several of its Satellites in the junk

Current Globalstar Orbits were changed to avoid the main belt of the junk -

@previous (Syntax)
The topic at hand is “strange lights in the sky”, and your reply with the following:

• There are tens of thousands of satellites on the sky.
• You own hundreds of satellites.
• Satellites are cheap.
• Satellites are expensive.
• You can see Russian spy satellites.

That’s one hell of a reply!

@previous (D)
> You own hundreds of satellites.
I own Stock in several companies that designed - Developed - Provided Hardware for just under 100 Satellites.

> Satellites are cheap

Hobbyists have built a few that were very inexpensive and they were launched to prove a point.
They are cheap compared to the launch and operational cost

> You can see Russian spy satellites.

Yes No and Maybe - Me have I viewed a few in Orbit - Of course as just about anyone Can if they want to. Have I viewed a few with small telescope? A couple in Australia at the home of a amateur with a very nice set up.

Some R reflective and many R not - However all send out telemetry and all are available on Web with Orbit details as well as frequencies they transmit on.

My Reply really had not 2much 2do with Russian Spy Satellites - Just that ONE Crashed in2 a Iridium and made a mess of Space super fast.

Also one has to ask - How did NORAD fail to inform Iridium (owned by Motorola at the time) of One Orbit running in2 the Other? After all that is one of NORAD's major most important missions. They sure help me on occasions find a Satellite that is NOT where it was supposed 2B

@previous (Syntax)

> I own Stock in several companies that designed - Developed - Provided Hardware for just under 100 Satellites.

Explain how, when you buy a share in a company, you own a satellite.