spaceflight, 7 months ago to SpaceX

📆 25 October 2023 #Rivada #SpaceNetworks plans to use #SpaceX rockets to launch 300 #satellites 🛰️ by the end of 📆 2026 and a further 300 by 📆 July 2028, which would provide worldwide coverage to #internet 📶 users on #earth https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/10/25/peter-thiel-satellite-uk-licence-challenge-elon-musk

#SatelliteCommunication

spaceflight, 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago) to China

Most of the proposed constellations were filed by #China 🇨🇳 (circa 65) and the United States 🇺🇸 (circa 45); however, very large (>10,000 #satellite 🛰️) constellations have also been filed by 🇷🇼 #Rwanda , #Germany 🇩🇪 , #Spain 🇪🇸, #Norway 🇳🇴, #France 🇫🇷, and #Solomon 🇸🇧 Islands. https://www.outerspaceinstitute.ca/docs/One%20million%20(paper)%20satellites%20-%20Accepted%20Version%20.pdf

#Satellites #LEO #SpaceRegulation

Norobiik, 10 months ago to Philippines

"Deliberately grounded on a tiny reef in the #SouthChinaSea, part of an island chain claimed by the two Asian countries, the #BRPSierraMadre is now the unlikely base for a detachment of Filipino marines who stand guard over the atoll, scanning the turquoise waters for Chinese ships." #AyunginShoal #SecondThomasShoal #Philippines

Wreck, Rats and Roaches : Standoff in the #SouthChinaSea (2014 article)
https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2014/07/world/south-china-sea-dispute/