I think the idea was to offload the cost of bureaucracy to those nations who fly to space.
Reasonable idea, but bad execution. A council or agency formed by the space enabled nations working together as one outfit, is what I would like to see. It's costs can be dumped at the feet of those nations. I just can't wrap my head around the idea of letting the fcc deal with anything or anyone outside the nation, and they certainly should not be entrusted to make decisions on behalf of the planet.
When I suggest Nasa should oversee US space operations, I had meant for them to be subordinate to the international organisation that I imagine. They wouldn't be an 'authority' outside of the US, and would be subject to international oversight and regulation.
I do see a significant conflict of interest as it stands. The fcc mandate is to look out for America, not to look out for mankind. They can only objectively do one, not both.
I think this incedent does expose a need for better international cooperation and organisation.
I think this indecent does expose a need for better international cooperation and organisation.
The space treaties are outdated by decades and relicts from the cold war. It's time to replace them, but international treaties are even slower than national politics and the space industry is developing fast. This could get very interesting or very boring.
Looks like the oversight wasn't strict enough. Maybe they just claimed FCC had approved or confirmed a few months prior that the paperwork was underway, and it wasn't doublechecked. As a launch provider, you won't be known as the one who makes it hard for the customers and in doubt cancels.
Because the sats are too small to be detected. As far as we know they might have only launched dummyloads to test the eject and deploy and then burn up in the atmosphere. Facts are thin but it's interesting because it would be the first of its kind case.
For space it's not relevant where the launch is based and it's common to launch from foreign countries. But space "law" hasn't kept up with private companies, it assumes everyone who launches has one or multiple countries, where the laws are followed.
I agree, such finite things must be regulated
I think the idea was to offload the cost of bureaucracy to those nations who fly to space. But NASA shouldn't oversee itself. And since the FCC regulates the rest of the radio spectrum, why not satellite communications, which was the primary use when the treaties were made.