Sneaky Satellite Launch Raises Risk of Gravity-style Space Collision
10th March 2018
Federal regulator furious to discover untrackable mini-satellites in space.
Of course he was. Federal regulators are always furious when people do things without permission.
The Federal Communication Commission (FCC) has pulled permission from Silicon Valley startup Swarm Technologies to launch four satellites into space after what it says was an “apparent unauthorized launch” back in January.
Ask yourself why the FCC ought to have any jurisdiction over satellites. Sure, they’e communication satellites, and I could see the FCC having a say over what they emit, but actually launching them?