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SpaceX, OneWeb and the ‘Mega’ Effect of Mega-Constellations on International Space Law

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SpaceX, OneWeb and the ‘Mega’ Effect of Mega-Constellations on International Space Law

Tanishka Goswami and Shikhar Aggarwal

May 31, 2021 02:15:36 am

On 15 May 2021, SpaceX launched 52 satellites as part of its Starlink mega-constellation, less than a week after it had launched the previous batch with 60 satellites. When fully deployed in the Low Earth Orbit (“LEO”), this constellation would form a network of thousands of satellites providing affordable access to high-speed internet. Starlink faces [...]

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