Reflect Orbital wants to destroy the night sky to deliver "sunlight as a service".
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@sundogplanets just discovered about this Reflect Orbital thing. What the hell?!
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Reflect Orbital wants to destroy the night sky to deliver "sunlight as a service". SpaceX wants to destroy Low Earth Orbit to launch one million "AI datacentres"
The only way to formally protest these two ideas is to file a comment with the US FCC, which is horribly complicated, but the American Astronomical Society has detailed instructions posted here: https://aas.org/posts/advocacy/2026/02/how-submit-comments-satellite-applications-fcc
Comments due March 6 for SpaceX and March 9 for Reflect Orbital. Write! Write! Write!
@sundogplanets I don't understand how the FCC gets to decide on satellites that cover the whole world. Why are. Musk satellites above Ireland or NZ?
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@sundogplanets Plus. It's open for comments worldwide. Right?
@Tony_Meredith well, space doesn't belong to the USA! @sundogplanets
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Reflect Orbital wants to destroy the night sky to deliver "sunlight as a service". SpaceX wants to destroy Low Earth Orbit to launch one million "AI datacentres"
The only way to formally protest these two ideas is to file a comment with the US FCC, which is horribly complicated, but the American Astronomical Society has detailed instructions posted here: https://aas.org/posts/advocacy/2026/02/how-submit-comments-satellite-applications-fcc
Comments due March 6 for SpaceX and March 9 for Reflect Orbital. Write! Write! Write!
@sundogplanets This imperialism of the USA is crazy. Space doesn't belong to them. No international regulations? Countries with other languages will have a problem with these forms. (And BTW, as European I don't trust US forms at all.)
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Reflect Orbital wants to destroy the night sky to deliver "sunlight as a service". SpaceX wants to destroy Low Earth Orbit to launch one million "AI datacentres"
The only way to formally protest these two ideas is to file a comment with the US FCC, which is horribly complicated, but the American Astronomical Society has detailed instructions posted here: https://aas.org/posts/advocacy/2026/02/how-submit-comments-satellite-applications-fcc
Comments due March 6 for SpaceX and March 9 for Reflect Orbital. Write! Write! Write!
@sundogplanets oh my god they want specific file formats too. jfc. theyre making it as painful and barrierful as they can eh
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@sundogplanets oh my god they want specific file formats too. jfc. theyre making it as painful and barrierful as they can eh
@sundogplanets oop there it goes! markdown files accepted. phew.
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@legocas @sundogplanets There's a small number of people who, if someone says "this belongs to all of us," will refuse to understand it and just goes "okay, it's mine, so I can do whatever I want with it".
Unfortunately they have an outsized influence in our society.@Mabande @sundogplanets they dont understand that its a small planet and life can be better if we share it.
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@Tony_Meredith well, space doesn't belong to the USA! @sundogplanets
@NatureMC @Tony_Meredith Yes, anyone can submit a comment!
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Reflect Orbital wants to destroy the night sky to deliver "sunlight as a service". SpaceX wants to destroy Low Earth Orbit to launch one million "AI datacentres"
The only way to formally protest these two ideas is to file a comment with the US FCC, which is horribly complicated, but the American Astronomical Society has detailed instructions posted here: https://aas.org/posts/advocacy/2026/02/how-submit-comments-satellite-applications-fcc
Comments due March 6 for SpaceX and March 9 for Reflect Orbital. Write! Write! Write!
DarkSky International now has a set of (very similar) instructions on how to submit a comment on the filings above: https://darksky.org/news/two-satellite-proposals-threaten-the-night-sky-the-window-to-act-is-now/
They provide templates to help get you started (but be careful using templates, it's my understanding that the FCC will only consider "unique" comments that are submitted). But I think having a large number of individuals who are willing to jump through all the stupid hoops they've set up is a pretty powerful statement in itself! Thanks, all.
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DarkSky International now has a set of (very similar) instructions on how to submit a comment on the filings above: https://darksky.org/news/two-satellite-proposals-threaten-the-night-sky-the-window-to-act-is-now/
They provide templates to help get you started (but be careful using templates, it's my understanding that the FCC will only consider "unique" comments that are submitted). But I think having a large number of individuals who are willing to jump through all the stupid hoops they've set up is a pretty powerful statement in itself! Thanks, all.
@sundogplanets I want to borrow that Jewish space laser.
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