SpaceX submits paperwork for 30k more Starlink satellites

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>Filings trigger a seven-year deadline whereby the satellite operator, in this case SpaceX, must launch at least one satellite with its requested frequencies and operate it for 90 days. Once spectrum rights have been assigned through this “bring into use” procedure, other ventures must design their systems to avoid interference with the newly minted incumbent operator. > >The ITU is expected to change its bring into use rules during the upcoming World Radiocommunication Conference, which takes place from Oct. 28 to Nov. 22 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Regulators intend to set more stringent rules for megaconstellation ventures, requiring them to launch percentages of their total constellation by to-be-determined deadlines in order to keep their priority spectrum rights.

I wonder if this will turn out to be as revolutionary as it appears it should. And whatever happened to Google's "whitespace" tech anyway?

It certainly will be, however how far they go will go with it depend on their willingness to push the boundaries. It's likely Starlink will appease to China's censorship demands - if they don't I'm sure China would take out all of the satellites that orbit them, and obviously it would hurt Tesla's activities in China.

Edit: To whomever disagrees with me, if you don't think this is a legitimate possibility or concern that SpaceX, Elon, has had to consider - as to how revolutionary they will be, then you need to think harder.

If I remember correctly I watched an interview with Google engineer working on whitespaces technology and he indicated it was internally killed due to potential fear of competing with android clients (cellular carriers)

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