<![CDATA[Everybody has to coordinate with Starlink because SPACEX CONTROLS ORBIT.]]>Everybody has to coordinate with Starlink because SPACEX CONTROLS ORBIT. That's against the Outer Space Treaty.

Your engineering challenge, SpaceX, is to provide your services with fewer satellites. Not yell at everyone else for having satellites too.

https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/117407452552952599

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/2e7dc13e-6686-47de-bed2-8e11c7189fc3/everybody-has-to-coordinate-with-starlink-because-spacex-controls-orbit.RSS for NodeSun, 11 Oct 2026 16:23:16 GMTThu, 08 Oct 2026 21:42:54 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Everybody has to coordinate with Starlink because SPACEX CONTROLS ORBIT. on Fri, 09 Oct 2026 08:08:10 GMT]]>@sundogplanets Shoving so many sats into orbit is just plain overbuilding.

A real solution would use terrestrial infrastructure when available, and use satellite as a fallback. This would reduce the need for nearly as many satellites, and vastly improve performance.

Such a solution has already been ratified into the 5G NR standards with support for NTNs (non-terrestrial networks). This will provide the required handoff, without making low-earth-orbit unusable via satellite collisions.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116974545582242007/statuses/117409925745798506https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116974545582242007/statuses/117409925745798506Fri, 09 Oct 2026 08:08:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Everybody has to coordinate with Starlink because SPACEX CONTROLS ORBIT. on Fri, 09 Oct 2026 07:39:16 GMT]]>@sundogplanets Musk's thing is always first mover advantage to dictate markets. I would not expect anything else here.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/koen_hufkens/statuses/117409812059677977https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/koen_hufkens/statuses/117409812059677977Fri, 09 Oct 2026 07:39:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Everybody has to coordinate with Starlink because SPACEX CONTROLS ORBIT. on Fri, 09 Oct 2026 07:21:26 GMT]]>@sundogplanets I’d like to see other countries all sue the USA for polluting the skies we all share. Maybe that would give them pause on this “give the billionaires anything, everything their shrivelled little hearts desire.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Catawu/statuses/117409741987171845https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Catawu/statuses/117409741987171845Fri, 09 Oct 2026 07:21:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Everybody has to coordinate with Starlink because SPACEX CONTROLS ORBIT. on Fri, 09 Oct 2026 06:24:28 GMT]]>@mathify bold of you to assume we're getting through the next 100 years with all our toys intact. @sundogplanets

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mendeddrum.org/users/econads/statuses/117409517963641691https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mendeddrum.org/users/econads/statuses/117409517963641691Fri, 09 Oct 2026 06:24:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Everybody has to coordinate with Starlink because SPACEX CONTROLS ORBIT. on Fri, 09 Oct 2026 06:07:24 GMT]]>@sundogplanets SpaceX is nearing towards the FO phase of the FAFO cycle.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/bayindirh/statuses/117409450859732900https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/bayindirh/statuses/117409450859732900Fri, 09 Oct 2026 06:07:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Everybody has to coordinate with Starlink because SPACEX CONTROLS ORBIT. on Fri, 09 Oct 2026 06:05:34 GMT]]>@sundogplanets Why the fuck is the US approving that crap over our (EU or any other) sky and why is the EU eating it? Rhetorical, of course 🙄

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mihamarkic/statuses/117409443632545353https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mihamarkic/statuses/117409443632545353Fri, 09 Oct 2026 06:05:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Everybody has to coordinate with Starlink because SPACEX CONTROLS ORBIT. on Fri, 09 Oct 2026 05:41:05 GMT]]>@KanaMauna @sundogplanets @syvash nah I meant I just wish a kessler syndrome for the megaconstellations, not the others. Impossible, I know.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/f4grx/statuses/117409347399746829https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/f4grx/statuses/117409347399746829Fri, 09 Oct 2026 05:41:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Everybody has to coordinate with Starlink because SPACEX CONTROLS ORBIT. on Fri, 09 Oct 2026 05:39:20 GMT]]>@sundogplanets Well said! 👏

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/117372986560913450/statuses/117409340466409683https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/117372986560913450/statuses/117409340466409683Fri, 09 Oct 2026 05:39:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Everybody has to coordinate with Starlink because SPACEX CONTROLS ORBIT. on Fri, 09 Oct 2026 05:18:21 GMT]]>@stux @sundogplanets It is already the case considering how trash X is

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/117212107936076350/statuses/117409257993369804https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/117212107936076350/statuses/117409257993369804Fri, 09 Oct 2026 05:18:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Everybody has to coordinate with Starlink because SPACEX CONTROLS ORBIT. on Fri, 09 Oct 2026 05:09:45 GMT]]>@sundogplanets
While I hate Elon musk, I think the idea of starlink is not a bad one. And yes there desperately needs to be some public tracking for satellites, much like commercial aircraft.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/ap/users/117380195884515307/statuses/117409224176378138https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/ap/users/117380195884515307/statuses/117409224176378138Fri, 09 Oct 2026 05:09:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Everybody has to coordinate with Starlink because SPACEX CONTROLS ORBIT. on Fri, 09 Oct 2026 05:07:17 GMT]]>@sundogplanets Musk doesn't own space

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.nz/ap/users/115828656027457735/statuses/117409214435682592https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.nz/ap/users/115828656027457735/statuses/117409214435682592Fri, 09 Oct 2026 05:07:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Everybody has to coordinate with Starlink because SPACEX CONTROLS ORBIT. on Fri, 09 Oct 2026 05:04:42 GMT]]>@sundogplanets I would very much like for SpaceX to stop existing.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/catraxx/statuses/117409204319796287https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/catraxx/statuses/117409204319796287Fri, 09 Oct 2026 05:04:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Everybody has to coordinate with Starlink because SPACEX CONTROLS ORBIT. on Fri, 09 Oct 2026 04:11:36 GMT]]>@sundogplanets Jesus Christ this is worse than I thought. https://orbitalradar.com/satellites-by-operator

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://dice.camp/users/foxxtrot/statuses/117408995530038771https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://dice.camp/users/foxxtrot/statuses/117408995530038771Fri, 09 Oct 2026 04:11:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Everybody has to coordinate with Starlink because SPACEX CONTROLS ORBIT. on Fri, 09 Oct 2026 04:10:19 GMT]]>@sundogplanets Doesn't SpaceX already have more satellites in orbit than any other organization by a fair margin at this point?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://dice.camp/users/foxxtrot/statuses/117408990433312123https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://dice.camp/users/foxxtrot/statuses/117408990433312123Fri, 09 Oct 2026 04:10:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Everybody has to coordinate with Starlink because SPACEX CONTROLS ORBIT. on Fri, 09 Oct 2026 04:02:18 GMT]]>@sundogplanets ...where you can take direct action against Starlink?!!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/patrickhadfield/statuses/117408958959588594https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/patrickhadfield/statuses/117408958959588594Fri, 09 Oct 2026 04:02:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Everybody has to coordinate with Starlink because SPACEX CONTROLS ORBIT. on Fri, 09 Oct 2026 03:37:26 GMT]]>@sundogplanets

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/ap/users/117364219173231882/statuses/117408861170048047https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/ap/users/117364219173231882/statuses/117408861170048047Fri, 09 Oct 2026 03:37:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Everybody has to coordinate with Starlink because SPACEX CONTROLS ORBIT. on Fri, 09 Oct 2026 02:59:06 GMT]]>@not2b @sundogplanets Just need to coat all the starlink satellites in bacon fat so they can slide easily past one another.]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://phasorburn.com/notes/as3xxqu3v7h0tr96https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://phasorburn.com/notes/as3xxqu3v7h0tr96Fri, 09 Oct 2026 02:59:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Everybody has to coordinate with Starlink because SPACEX CONTROLS ORBIT. on Fri, 09 Oct 2026 02:55:24 GMT]]>@ldmay65 @sundogplanets the irony of one of the people I mentioned being at a university.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cupoftea.social/users/nxskok/statuses/117408695868231552https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cupoftea.social/users/nxskok/statuses/117408695868231552Fri, 09 Oct 2026 02:55:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Everybody has to coordinate with Starlink because SPACEX CONTROLS ORBIT. on Fri, 09 Oct 2026 02:50:31 GMT]]>@stuartyeates @sundogplanets Multiple EMP would be needed since they encompass the earth in a shell. Then the satellites would not be able to be controlled for collision avoidance. Hello Kessler Syndrome.

Better to just ask Grok to take control and deorbit them all into the ocean at Point Nemo.]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://phasorburn.com/notes/as3xmp024bbdp9tghttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://phasorburn.com/notes/as3xmp024bbdp9tgFri, 09 Oct 2026 02:50:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Everybody has to coordinate with Starlink because SPACEX CONTROLS ORBIT. on Fri, 09 Oct 2026 02:50:29 GMT]]>@sundogplanets They say they have to do 1000 evasive maneuvers per day. I would guess that as the number of manuvers needed would go up as the square of the number of objects, since every satellite has to avoid every other one. If so, if they make their fleet 10x larger which is less than they plan to, wouldn't they need to do 100k panic moves per day?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sfba.social/users/not2b/statuses/117408676519661648https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sfba.social/users/not2b/statuses/117408676519661648Fri, 09 Oct 2026 02:50:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Everybody has to coordinate with Starlink because SPACEX CONTROLS ORBIT. on Fri, 09 Oct 2026 02:49:52 GMT]]>@ldmay65 @sundogplanets but not in the classroom. Teacher, leave them kids alone (all in all, you're just another brick in the wall).

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cupoftea.social/users/nxskok/statuses/117408674127069673https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cupoftea.social/users/nxskok/statuses/117408674127069673Fri, 09 Oct 2026 02:49:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Everybody has to coordinate with Starlink because SPACEX CONTROLS ORBIT. on Fri, 09 Oct 2026 02:43:48 GMT]]>@sundogplanets ugh 😭

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://vis.social/users/kristinHenry/statuses/117408650293058637https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://vis.social/users/kristinHenry/statuses/117408650293058637Fri, 09 Oct 2026 02:43:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Everybody has to coordinate with Starlink because SPACEX CONTROLS ORBIT. on Fri, 09 Oct 2026 02:35:10 GMT]]>@boelder @sundogplanets They will destroy the ozone layer.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/bhasic/statuses/117408616330636901https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/bhasic/statuses/117408616330636901Fri, 09 Oct 2026 02:35:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Everybody has to coordinate with Starlink because SPACEX CONTROLS ORBIT. on Fri, 09 Oct 2026 02:27:54 GMT]]>@geolaw @sundogplanets I’m really referring to the issue of overloading orbit making space stuff ostensibly impossible.

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