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Another scam.
Your company went nowhere but you got paid for all your hard work.
I don't know if this is how it works but it is how imagine it.
This doesn't seem like something private organizations should be allowed to do.
or the government, for that matter
It's just another musk style nut job doing but job things complete with obligatory LOTR reference to really rub in the crazy.
Why are they so fucking obsessed with stealing names from LotR?
Because they recognize how amazing it is. They just fail to recognize they're exactly what it warns against
How else will there be anything cool about the company?
It's a European racist thing about using it as the 'white' origin story.
It's an interesting concept. But knowing capitalism it'll soon be used and abused.
/We can't have anything nice.
Reflect Orbital's satellite, Earendil-1, features an adjustable "highly specular, thin-film reflector" for directing sunlight, and a built-in propulsion system that's supposed to help it avoid collisions and otherwise maneuver while in low-earth orbit. Reflect Orbital imagines operating a Starlink-esque network it can position for on-demand sunlight (powering solar panels or increasing visibility for search-and-rescue teams), but for now it'll test its premise with a single satellite.
fcc???
“The new satellite had to go through FCC approval because of the radio spectrum it operates on…”
thanks. Its kinda sad in a way.