<story><title>Judges reject Viasat’s plea to stop SpaceX Starlink satellite launches</title><url>https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/07/spacex-wins-court-ruling-that-lets-it-continue-launching-starlink-satellites/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>underseacables</author><text>“Viasat is worried that its slower Internet service delivered from geostationary satellites will lose customers once Starlink is out of beta and more widely available.”&lt;p&gt;I am not a lawyer, but if I’m reading this correctly, the only claim here is that the FCC and SpaceX did not follow proper procedure, but the catalyst is fear of competition.&lt;p&gt;My opinion is that if a company needs government help to thwart competition, then competition is absolutely needed.&lt;p&gt;Edit: Formatting is having some issues it seems.</text></comment>
<story><title>Judges reject Viasat’s plea to stop SpaceX Starlink satellite launches</title><url>https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/07/spacex-wins-court-ruling-that-lets-it-continue-launching-starlink-satellites/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>kiba</author><text>SpaceX announced their plans years ago, all the way back to 2015.[1]&lt;p&gt;Satellite companies have &lt;i&gt;six years&lt;/i&gt; to plan and respond.&lt;p&gt;ViaSat have no excuses if they&amp;#x27;re worried about their competitor. It&amp;#x27;s amazing about the depth of complacency that the space industry in general sunk to.&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Starlink&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Starlink&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>