[1] - https://www.landscapeforms.com/ideas/bug-rating-system-101
SpaceX wants investors to think that they will be able to launch millions of satellites.
Amazon Leo plans for 3,000 satellites in orbit, and is already launching satellites.
China's state-backed starlink competitor GuoWang is putting 13,000 satellites in orbit by 2030. They've already started launching satellites.
China's Qianfan plans 15,000 satellites by 2030.
AST SpaceMobile is building their own network.
The EU is building EU: IRIS², explicitly as a Starlink alternative.
Russia, after realizing how critical starlink is on the battlefield, is planning its own Rassvet network. They've already launched satellites.
Spec Priority: ability to attach said laser defense instrument to home telescope ... and enable user to blast those madafakkas out of the sky.
codingdave•1h ago
Really? I wonder how they are going to get them up there without rocket launches?
Ekaros•52m ago
JPLeRouzic•42m ago
aruggirello•30m ago
ReptileMan•40m ago
codingdave•32m ago
When I worked in a midstream gas company, I recall a meeting when we were explaining the business to some new IT folk, and talking about the plants that process 100K barrels. One new guy in particular literally dropped his jaw and said, "you process 100K barrels of gas a year??" The room looked at him like he was insane and the woman running the meeting politely replied: "No, per day."
So acting as if "it burns less than a power plant" somehow means it is trivial is just a really odd take.
Besides, the methane burn is one piece of the puzzle. There is more to environmental impact than just methane.
ReptileMan•15m ago
vkou•21m ago
Look into what percentage of the ISS by weight is radiators, look into how little power it can generate and radiate, and you'll see that space data centers is the shitcoin pitch of 2026.
kingleopold•14m ago