Everybody has to coordinate with Starlink because SPACEX CONTROLS ORBIT. That's against the Outer Space Treaty.
Your engineering challenge, SpaceX, is to provide your services with fewer satellites. Not yell at everyone else for having satellites too.
SpaceX calls for better coordination in orbit after near-misses with Starlink
"These led to conjunctions of tens of meters to hundreds of meters. Way too close to comfort."
https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/10/spacex-calls-for-better-coordination-in-orbit-after-near-misses-with-starlink/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
@sundogplanets
It's not the first time that oligarchs hid massive military spending behind a progrm of "space exploration" and "modernization of telecommunications"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
https://innotechtoday.com/12-technologies-that-came-out-of-apollo/
https://www.aip.org/news/giant-leaps-innovation-retrospective-apollo-driven-technologies
Nazi scientists for both
https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/what-was-sputnik-and-why-was-it-important-space-age-begins
https://www.thespacereview.com/article/969/1
https://www.swp-berlin.org/en/publication/russian-military-spending-soars-upending-the-kremlins-budget-plans
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/10/03/world/russia-spending-putin-years-war/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_influence_on_Soviet_rocketry
As long as the globe buys Putin's oil, or Trump's oil, we risk world war
https://www.csis.org/analysis/future-military-power-space-power
The Future of Military Power Is Space Power
German influence on Soviet rocketry
Russia’s spending plans show Putin preparing for years of war
Russian military spending soars, upending the Kremlin’s budget plans
The Space Review: Sputnik in perspective: the totalitarian heritage
What was Sputnik and why was it important? The Space Age begins
Giant Leaps in Innovation: A Retrospective on Apollo-Driven Technologies - AIP.ORG