Comment by MichaelZuo
3 days ago
Yeah unless all the orbits under 500 km are also annulled and put up for negotiation too, most countries would never accept it.
And even then the negotiation process will take decades so that means no LEO satellites available for anyone for several decades.
Unnecessary. There's plenty of space (no pun intended) to operate at those altitudes, even with existing and planned satellite constellations.
The real issue is regulatory, not technical. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42199498
An HN user’s opinion doesn’t matter in the context of how countries decide in international diplomacy…?
How does this make sense? Other countries could clearly decide however they like, because they don’t need to come to the negotiating table.
It's not my opinion. The ITU permitting system described in my link is the (negotiated) international system that exists today. If you're suggesting it might be re-negotiated to allow latecomers to build constellations below 500 km, then we agree.
However your idea of "annulling" permits already given out isn't necessary, or politically feasible, or even desirable.
"Annulling" is just one HN user's jealous destruction fantasy.