ANALYSIS | U.S. FCC Approves Giant Space Mirror to Deliver 'Sunlight on Demand,' but What Are the Legal Implications?
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The Reflect Orbital company wants to place a constellation of mirror satellites in orbit to sell night lighting. Nothing less.
ANALYSIS | U.S. FCC approves giant space mirror to deliver 'sunlight on demand,' but what are the legal implications?
Despite hundreds of public comments opposing a giant space mirror that would shine light roughly five kilometres wide, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), has given it the green light. What could this mean for Canadians?
FCC Approves Controversial Satellite Mirror Project
The US FCC approved Reflect Orbital’s first mirror-satellite launch and test furthering a space-based lighting concept that is sparking a real-world regulatory and commercial debate. The more important story is not the satellite mirror launch, but the larger collision between a new form of “light delivery” and long-standing concerns about light pollution, public safety, […] The post FCC Approves Controversial Satellite Mirror Project first appea…
Launching mirror satellites into space that can illuminate the earth in the dark? The worst idea ever, according to forest ranger Jaap Kloosterhuis (58). At one of the darkest places in the Netherlands, near the Lauwersmeer, he shows why.
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