“Amazon filed an #FCC application on Saturday to launch a new Leo #satellite constellation that will provide direct-to-device satellite service for “voice, messaging, data, and emergency services.”

If approved, #Amazon will begin deploying the new constellation of 5,105 satellites in 2028.”

https://www.theverge.com/tech/971437/amazon-leo-direct-to-device-satellite-network

“Amazon filed an #FCC application on Saturday to launch a new Leo #satellite constellation that will provide direct-to-device satellite service for “voice, messaging, data, and emergency services.”

If approved, #Amazon will begin deploying the new constellation of 5,105 satellites in 2028.”

https://www.theverge.com/tech/971437/amazon-leo-direct-to-device-satellite-network

#Amazon is asking the #FCC to approve 5,105 massive new #satellites while hiding their orbital debris risk models behind a wall of corporate secrecy. The public deserves full transparency, because a safe and sustainable space environment belongs to all of us — not just to the highest bidder.

https://spacenews.com/amazon-files-application-for-direct-to-device-satellite-constellation/

#Space #SpaceDebris #SpacePolicy

#Amazon is asking the #FCC to approve 5,105 massive new #satellites while hiding their orbital debris risk models behind a wall of corporate secrecy. The public deserves full transparency, because a safe and sustainable space environment belongs to all of us — not just to the highest bidder.

https://spacenews.com/amazon-files-application-for-direct-to-device-satellite-constellation/

#Space #SpaceDebris #SpacePolicy