<![CDATA[Cowboy space's application for stupidly ridiculous numbers of ludicrously large and probably impossible orbital "AI data centers" was SO BAD that the FCC asked them for loads of info.]]>Cowboy space's application for stupidly ridiculous numbers of ludicrously large and probably impossible orbital "AI data centers" was SO BAD that the FCC asked them for loads of info. Which apparently they didn't provide by the deadline. Shucks. https://satnews.com/2026/09/13/the-fcc-asked-cowboy-space-how-big-its-satellites-are/

(Too bad 4 other companies have done the same fucking thing and the FCC hasn't stopped them)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/49c96a69-76f3-4aaa-a8a5-3f03ac5b317d/cowboy-space-s-application-for-stupidly-ridiculous-numbers-of-ludicrously-large-and-probably-impossible-orbital-ai-data-centers-was-so-bad-that-the-fcc-asked-them-for-loads-of-info.RSS for NodeMon, 05 Oct 2026 04:06:57 GMTSun, 13 Sep 2026 19:35:00 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Cowboy space's application for stupidly ridiculous numbers of ludicrously large and probably impossible orbital "AI data centers" was SO BAD that the FCC asked them for loads of info. on Wed, 23 Sep 2026 14:33:33 GMT]]>@sundogplanets i asked about it, my guests says it was actually a rocket booster. We don't know what happened, other than the Polish government being annoyed and SpaceX totally ignoring its concerns, obviously.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/TOrynski/statuses/117320844128501437https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/TOrynski/statuses/117320844128501437Wed, 23 Sep 2026 14:33:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cowboy space's application for stupidly ridiculous numbers of ludicrously large and probably impossible orbital "AI data centers" was SO BAD that the FCC asked them for loads of info. on Wed, 23 Sep 2026 14:33:01 GMT]]>@david @weddige They don't give any actual info in this document (and they may not actually understand what they are even talking about), but I believe this is a per satellite probability. So yeah, 2 casualties. No big deal.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/117320842021130775https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/117320842021130775Wed, 23 Sep 2026 14:33:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cowboy space's application for stupidly ridiculous numbers of ludicrously large and probably impossible orbital "AI data centers" was SO BAD that the FCC asked them for loads of info. on Wed, 23 Sep 2026 14:32:02 GMT]]>@TOrynski Glad you recorded a podcast episode in Polish about this! Did you by any chance manage to find out what ever happened with the SpaceX pieces that fell on Poland a couple years ago? Did silent SpaceX employees show up in a rented moving van? I'm so curious...

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/117320838175004075https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/117320838175004075Wed, 23 Sep 2026 14:32:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cowboy space's application for stupidly ridiculous numbers of ludicrously large and probably impossible orbital "AI data centers" was SO BAD that the FCC asked them for loads of info. on Wed, 23 Sep 2026 14:30:04 GMT]]>@sundogplanets we should be protesting bilionairs putting shit up in orbit more.

(btw, as per our conversation some time ago just recorded a podcast with an astronomer about Starlink, but unfortunately (for you :P) it's in Polish. But we recommend your mastodon account to follow in it)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/TOrynski/statuses/117320830444853176https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/TOrynski/statuses/117320830444853176Wed, 23 Sep 2026 14:30:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cowboy space's application for stupidly ridiculous numbers of ludicrously large and probably impossible orbital "AI data centers" was SO BAD that the FCC asked them for loads of info. on Wed, 23 Sep 2026 14:28:13 GMT]]>@weddige@gruene.social
I'm unsure if it's to be read as a count or a probability.

If it's a count, we get 2 casualties over the whole fleet

If it's a probability, we get a 86.5% casualty probabilty

Neither sounds great

@sundogplanets@mastodon.social
]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.grelli.org/david/p/1790173693.745048https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.grelli.org/david/p/1790173693.745048Wed, 23 Sep 2026 14:28:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cowboy space's application for stupidly ridiculous numbers of ludicrously large and probably impossible orbital "AI data centers" was SO BAD that the FCC asked them for loads of info. on Wed, 23 Sep 2026 14:26:43 GMT]]>@TOrynski I think the point is that people can't protest them as easily... absolutely nothing about data centres makes them easier or better to operate in space.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/117320817291955848https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/117320817291955848Wed, 23 Sep 2026 14:26:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cowboy space's application for stupidly ridiculous numbers of ludicrously large and probably impossible orbital "AI data centers" was SO BAD that the FCC asked them for loads of info. on Wed, 23 Sep 2026 14:23:46 GMT]]>@sundogplanets i am not a physicist (or you can say I am failed one, as I studied it but never graduated) but can someone explain it to me: what's the point of having AI datacentre in space? I am reading it's for cooling but how they are going to cool it, there is no atmosphere to disperse the heat, there is no water to cool them down...

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/TOrynski/statuses/117320805699964876https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/TOrynski/statuses/117320805699964876Wed, 23 Sep 2026 14:23:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cowboy space's application for stupidly ridiculous numbers of ludicrously large and probably impossible orbital "AI data centers" was SO BAD that the FCC asked them for loads of info. on Wed, 23 Sep 2026 14:22:43 GMT]]>@sundogplanets how many of these satellites do they want to send up? 20000? Then the 0.0001 casualty rate doesn't sound very reassuring 😬

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://gruene.social/users/weddige/statuses/117320801566904644https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://gruene.social/users/weddige/statuses/117320801566904644Wed, 23 Sep 2026 14:22:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cowboy space's application for stupidly ridiculous numbers of ludicrously large and probably impossible orbital "AI data centers" was SO BAD that the FCC asked them for loads of info. on Wed, 23 Sep 2026 14:18:57 GMT]]>For reference, according to Wikipedia the International Space Station is 109m x 94m x 73m. And they want to launch 20,000 of them. And they haven't actually designed them yet.

This is such a ridiculous load of bullshit. And yet, I have to respond to this shit otherwise the FCC will license it and then more poorly planned satellites will get launched (well, they will probably license it no matter what I do, but at least this provides legal documentation for future actions, I hope)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/117320786728517251https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/117320786728517251Wed, 23 Sep 2026 14:18:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cowboy space's application for stupidly ridiculous numbers of ludicrously large and probably impossible orbital "AI data centers" was SO BAD that the FCC asked them for loads of info. on Wed, 23 Sep 2026 14:13:45 GMT]]>So, their satellites will be 125m x 30m x 43m. "Cowboy Space has not yet completed its system design, but intends to design its satellites to achieve a casualty risk for an individual spacecraft of less than 0.0001 using NASA DAS"

HAHAHA wow. SpaceX provides ground casualty risks (zero, of course) that are completely unable to be replicated because they provide no info on their satellites. But they at least pretend that they've designed them already!

...Actually I'm not sure which is worse.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/117320766294017962https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/117320766294017962Wed, 23 Sep 2026 14:13:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cowboy space's application for stupidly ridiculous numbers of ludicrously large and probably impossible orbital "AI data centers" was SO BAD that the FCC asked them for loads of info. on Wed, 23 Sep 2026 14:06:16 GMT]]>@sundogplanets

Oh. Poo 😓😖

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/grb090423/statuses/117320736870058874https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/grb090423/statuses/117320736870058874Wed, 23 Sep 2026 14:06:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cowboy space's application for stupidly ridiculous numbers of ludicrously large and probably impossible orbital "AI data centers" was SO BAD that the FCC asked them for loads of info. on Wed, 23 Sep 2026 14:06:06 GMT]]>@sundogplanets

Here’s another nickname if you want: the scented one.

Let’s hope this atrocity has a shorter lifetime than hyper loop.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.ai/users/GhostOnTheHalfShell/statuses/117320736181769167https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.ai/users/GhostOnTheHalfShell/statuses/117320736181769167Wed, 23 Sep 2026 14:06:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cowboy space's application for stupidly ridiculous numbers of ludicrously large and probably impossible orbital "AI data centers" was SO BAD that the FCC asked them for loads of info. on Wed, 23 Sep 2026 14:03:14 GMT]]>Oh dammit nevermind that was the wrong system number. AUGH I hate that not only do we have to watch out for stupid filings of hundreds of thousands of satellites, but we have to be careful of WHICH filing of hundreds of thousands of satellites. This is stupid. They did file something.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/117320724920926268https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/117320724920926268Wed, 23 Sep 2026 14:03:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cowboy space's application for stupidly ridiculous numbers of ludicrously large and probably impossible orbital "AI data centers" was SO BAD that the FCC asked them for loads of info. on Wed, 23 Sep 2026 13:56:20 GMT]]>Looks like the Cowboy dipshits missed their extended FCC deadline? At least, there appears to be no new info from them.

...hooray? Only 4 companies, not 5 might possibly launch hundreds of thousands of fucking gigantic satellites to give Earth a new ring system https://arxiv.org/pdf/2608.02757 ...that will rapidly turn into full Kessler Syndrome https://arxiv.org/pdf/2607.29644

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/117320697777903235https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/117320697777903235Wed, 23 Sep 2026 13:56:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cowboy space's application for stupidly ridiculous numbers of ludicrously large and probably impossible orbital "AI data centers" was SO BAD that the FCC asked them for loads of info. on Tue, 15 Sep 2026 10:46:40 GMT]]>@sundogplanets Hate to say it but the LLMs can do CAD now; it’s way easier for unscrupulous people to fake something to look “real enough” that it was even a year ago.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/wikkit/statuses/117274653488410047https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/wikkit/statuses/117274653488410047Tue, 15 Sep 2026 10:46:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cowboy space's application for stupidly ridiculous numbers of ludicrously large and probably impossible orbital "AI data centers" was SO BAD that the FCC asked them for loads of info. on Mon, 14 Sep 2026 20:25:49 GMT]]>@oldclumsy_nowmad @sundogplanets we could assume they'll go full circle and just generate the pictures and proposal with AI.

But that would just make me sad.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mavu/statuses/117271268514253360https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mavu/statuses/117271268514253360Mon, 14 Sep 2026 20:25:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cowboy space's application for stupidly ridiculous numbers of ludicrously large and probably impossible orbital "AI data centers" was SO BAD that the FCC asked them for loads of info. on Mon, 14 Sep 2026 19:47:34 GMT]]>@sundogplanets

If anyone happens to have assembly drawings for an industrial walk-in freezer, he/she can probably sell the design to Cowboy for $50mil or so. Or plans for a suburban electric substation. Even sketches of a microwave relay tower might work. Or (best) a photo of a large PV array with goats grazing underneath.

It's unlikely that the "regulators" in the current Administration would be able to tell that the plans are for something other than an orbiting solar power plant.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/oldclumsy_nowmad/statuses/117271118110279797https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/oldclumsy_nowmad/statuses/117271118110279797Mon, 14 Sep 2026 19:47:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cowboy space's application for stupidly ridiculous numbers of ludicrously large and probably impossible orbital "AI data centers" was SO BAD that the FCC asked them for loads of info. on Mon, 14 Sep 2026 19:14:19 GMT]]>@sundogplanets

Now I want that as a sticker: "Good luck, dipshits!" It's one of my very favorite non-gendered pejorative words. 🤣

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/arisummerland/statuses/117270987377396542https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/arisummerland/statuses/117270987377396542Mon, 14 Sep 2026 19:14:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cowboy space's application for stupidly ridiculous numbers of ludicrously large and probably impossible orbital "AI data centers" was SO BAD that the FCC asked them for loads of info. on Mon, 14 Sep 2026 19:05:25 GMT]]>@sundogplanets 🤞🏼

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/RiaResists/statuses/117270952386905461https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/RiaResists/statuses/117270952386905461Mon, 14 Sep 2026 19:05:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cowboy space's application for stupidly ridiculous numbers of ludicrously large and probably impossible orbital "AI data centers" was SO BAD that the FCC asked them for loads of info. on Mon, 14 Sep 2026 18:52:41 GMT]]>Apparently the FCC gave Cowboy a one week extension for free. Because they all fucking suck.

But I am slightly enjoying imagining how things must be going at Cowboy. They have to design their fucking ridiculous physically impossible spacecraft (that they specifically said in the FCC filing hasn't been designed yet) in the next week. Good luck, dipshits!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/117270902318745955https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/117270902318745955Mon, 14 Sep 2026 18:52:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cowboy space's application for stupidly ridiculous numbers of ludicrously large and probably impossible orbital "AI data centers" was SO BAD that the FCC asked them for loads of info. on Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:17:38 GMT]]>@sundogplanets …they’re trying to make more of the Bullshit Machines and they got knocked out by the clock instead of submitting bullshit?

SURELY THIS ISN’T INDICATIVE OF ANYTHING

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/WhiteCatTamer/statuses/117266517742849984https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/WhiteCatTamer/statuses/117266517742849984Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:17:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cowboy space's application for stupidly ridiculous numbers of ludicrously large and probably impossible orbital "AI data centers" was SO BAD that the FCC asked them for loads of info. on Sun, 13 Sep 2026 23:51:21 GMT]]>@slacy I have been, and I will continue to! You should read "A City on Mars" you would like it.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/117266414421206970https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/117266414421206970Sun, 13 Sep 2026 23:51:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cowboy space's application for stupidly ridiculous numbers of ludicrously large and probably impossible orbital "AI data centers" was SO BAD that the FCC asked them for loads of info. on Sun, 13 Sep 2026 23:44:04 GMT]]>@sundogplanets can we also please start talking about how *totally fucking absurd* a "Mars Colony" is as a general idea? Hey, who wants to live in an underground cave for the rest of your life?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/slacy/statuses/117266385791437316https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/slacy/statuses/117266385791437316Sun, 13 Sep 2026 23:44:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cowboy space's application for stupidly ridiculous numbers of ludicrously large and probably impossible orbital "AI data centers" was SO BAD that the FCC asked them for loads of info. on Sun, 13 Sep 2026 22:51:53 GMT]]>@sundogplanets

Applications are free?
Applications like this should have fees that offset the cost of research and processing.

Maybe $1 per kilo per 100 km orbital destination.

So a one ton satellite in 700km orbit costs $7000 each in application fee.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/johntimaeus/statuses/117266180587866472https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/johntimaeus/statuses/117266180587866472Sun, 13 Sep 2026 22:51:53 GMT