Space Safety Issues Warrant Rejecting SpaceX Lower Orbit Ask, Amazon Says
SpaceX's application to move much of its mega constellation to a lower orbit (see 2004200003) "is no mere 'adjustment' [but] an entire system redesign" with little resemblance to the constellation as first proposed, Amazon said according to an FCC International…
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Bureau ex parte posting Tuesday on a conversation with bureau personnel. The modification poses sizable risks to space safety, with the overlap of 1,240 SpaceX satellites with 748 of Amazon's Kuiper satellites ramping up the projected number of possible collisions tremendously, it said. Also worsened would be the non-geostationary orbit fixed satellite service harmful interference environment, it said. If the space safety issues can be tackled, the application should be considered in the 2020 processing round, it said. SpaceX didn't comment.