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by thatguy0900 1596 days ago
Think a bigger issue is 100 companies with 30000 satellites, why would space x be the only one allowed to do it. It seems like a forgone conclusion that some nation will allow it and it will happen
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spacex is the only company with the launch capability to pull of a constellation like that. why would they give up that monopoly to anyone? I don't even think china or russia could outpace them at this point, nevermind boeing, Lockheed, Blue Origin, or any of the other US companies
Because a private company can do something does not mean it should be allowed to do it, does it?

It's already bad enough with Starlink, but surely it's only a matter of time before other companies and governments want to compete. Which makes me wonder if governments should not just agree on forbidding it entirely.

Space x is the only company who will ever be able to launch a bunch of satallites? That seems very silly to say
Pretty sure they mean currently not indefinitely
In 2017 ISRO achieved to launch 104 small satellites in sun synchronous orbit in one go.