Well fuck. Reflect Orbital just filed for their first satellite with the FCC. https://www.reflectorbital.com/
I hate them even more than AST SpaceMobile. At least AST does something mildly useful, unlike Reflect Orbital, which is 100% a scam and will collide with a lot of junk in orbit.
Time to go rage-scream in the hay field. And then go to a meeting with astronomers to talk about what we can do to fight it.
Prof. Sam Lawler
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2025-08-07 17:19:02 UTC
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