Flood of Starlink Satellites May Be an Orbital 'Land Grab,' CCG Says
SpaceX's requests to ITU for approval of 30,000 additional broadband satellites (for example, see here) "look like a land grab," with the company trying to foreclose valuable satellite orbital paths from competitors, CCG Consulting President Doug Dawson blogged Monday. The…
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Starlink strategy might be to throw up so many satellites that they can provide service anywhere as long at least some of the satellites are awarded spectrum in each country, he said. Some nations, like North Korea and perhaps China, likely won't allow any connections with satellite constellations that bypass their web firewalls, he said. SpaceX didn't comment.