The article doesn't even mention AWS, which I think is the obvious implication being overlooked here. AWS has Government and defense contracts, with DoD notably. This enables secure private communication outside of the internet across data centers (of which there are a lot) and of course, to any point on the Earth. The idea that this is for "underserved communities" is probably a sly nod to battlefield logistics.
We know a little more about Amazon's satellites
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burning the ozone layer in every reentry. ah the marvel of offset costs.
Satellite constellations account for a negligible 0.01% of human ozone depletion. It's viral misinformation that there's a rallying-cry issue here.
We may need all the ozone possible to offset global warming.
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The observation cadence could be game-changing. Instead of once-, twice- daily revisit times, in principle you could contemplate continuous observation, of large parts of the Earth, from LEO, with enough downstream bandwidth to make interesting use of all that data.
Ive seen a video around 2005 about USA spy satellites/drones where they kind of disclosured what was possible at this time. Having a very wide area with realtime object/person tracking and multiple terrabytes of data every minute while beeing able to go back in time with all this features. This all was like 20 years go. 20. 20!! Than I see my upper consumer grade canon camera, a r6mkII with 70-200mm lens (mk1, 20 yea…
Sounds like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARGUS-IS
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#34Earlier quoted context omitted.
Satellite constellations account for a negligible 0.01% of human ozone depletion. It's viral misinformation that there's a rallying-cry issue here.
We may need all the ozone possible to offset global warming.
I'm unsure what you mean by that; and ozone itself is a greenhouse gas[0,1].
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiative_forcing#/media/File:...
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozone#Ozone_as_a_greenhouse_ga...
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These have to de orbit at end of life. Junkyard might be the wrong analogy. More like busy workyard. Or highway.
I just cross the fingers to not witness a Kessler syndrome : https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessler_syndrome
You'll be long dead before it matters.
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#36> Say a couple perpetually quarrels about who's going to do the dishes. To prevent further squabbles they decide to split the chores on weekly, alternating basis.
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> Everything works well, until one of the spouses falls ill. The dishes pile up in the kitchen sink, but the other spouse does not feel responsible for the mess. It’s not their turn. And yes, there's nobody to blame.
And this is where accountability sinks distinguish two different kinds of people: some will (rightfully) realize that it is not their responsibility and no one is to blame, so they will do nothing. Others will see also see that it is not their responsibility and no one is to blame, but they will also see that it will become their problem regardless of responsibility or blame, and so they do something about it.
Unfortunately the latter is often not rewarded or even actively discouraged or punished in corporate settings.
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#37> Say a couple perpetually quarrels about who's going to do the dishes. To prevent further squabbles they decide to split the chores on weekly, alternating basis. > > Everything works well, until one of the spouses falls ill. The dishes pile up in the kitchen sink, but the other spouse does not feel responsible for the mess. It’s not their turn. And yes, there's nobody to blame. And this is where accountability sinks…
I think you’re posting in the wrong comments section
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#38> Say a couple perpetually quarrels about who's going to do the dishes. To prevent further squabbles they decide to split the chores on weekly, alternating basis. > > Everything works well, until one of the spouses falls ill. The dishes pile up in the kitchen sink, but the other spouse does not feel responsible for the mess. It’s not their turn. And yes, there's nobody to blame. And this is where accountability sinks…
I think you’re posting in the wrong comments section
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I see a minimum price of $325k I don't think a student is going to be able to afford that any time soon
I think it’s cheaper for student groups. If you google “student club sends satellite” you get a bunch of examples, https://globalnews.ca/news/9818771/university-of-saskatchewa... https://news.northeastern.edu/2024/09/16/satellite-developme... https://www.utoronto.ca/news/launch-its-first-satellite-stud... etc
SpaceX isn’t providing a discount to student groups. The program, Cubesat Launch Initiative, is funded by NASA and covers the cost of launch and integration into the deployer.
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#40> Say a couple perpetually quarrels about who's going to do the dishes. To prevent further squabbles they decide to split the chores on weekly, alternating basis. > > Everything works well, until one of the spouses falls ill. The dishes pile up in the kitchen sink, but the other spouse does not feel responsible for the mess. It’s not their turn. And yes, there's nobody to blame. And this is where accountability sinks…
You are in the wrong comment section, but thanks for the thoughtful comment!