The FCCs Big Problem

> On Nov 28, 2018, at 10:17 PM, sraj sraj99@... [spacesettlers] wrote:
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> A bigger problem, thinks Manchester, is that the FCC has been unwilling to consider licensing anything smaller than a CubeSat through the normal application process, and this new process does not seem to address that broader issue in any way.

My understanding is that a 1U cubsat (10x10x10 cm) is about as small a sat as can be detected by present detection capabilities. Anything small and we are blind to it, which is a menace to all other satellites operating in similar orbits. Could go smaller by attaching an active element that broadcasts position.
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A bigger problem, thinks Manchester, is that the FCC has been unwilling to consider licensing anything smaller than a CubeSat through the normal application process, and this new process does not seem to address that broader issue in any way.
My understanding is that a 1U cubsat (10x10x10 cm) is about as small a sat as can be detected by present detection capabilities. Anything small and we are blind to it, which is a menace to all other satellites operating in similar orbits. Could go smaller by attaching an active element that broadcasts position.