[bdd8f1df777b]

No, it’s illegal to bring starlink devices here, and I heard that Elon Musk chooses to block China from accessing starlink too, to appease the Chinese authorities.

[manacit]

Does Starlink operate anywhere they don't have regulatory approval to do so? It's not like this is serving a website. There's physical spectrum licensing involved in operating anywhere.

[Shank]

> Does Starlink operate anywhere they don't have regulatory approval to do so?

They do not.

[boxed]

"Appease" is such a loaded word. He's literally not allowed by law to do it. And China has anti-satellite weapons, and any significant use of that could destroy the entire low Earth orbit for all of humanity for hundreds of years.

[bloak]

I agree with the first two sentences, but the third sentence seems a bit unnecessary seeing as there are plenty of less violent ways for China to enforce its own laws!

[idiotsecant]

Hundreds of years? Starlink satellites are on decaying orbit that would last 5 years, tops. That includes their debris. This post is unnecessarily licking the boots of the richest westerners in modern times.

He doesn't allow Chinese access because the government of China doesn't want him to and he thinks he will make more money keeping them happy than if he pissed them off.

[AdamN]

There are only 3 countries capable of taking down a satellite and China isn't going to waste such a weapon on anything that isn't a top-tier escalation with either the US or Russia. Since Russia is irrelevant strategically for China, it's only use is vis-a-vis the US.

[heyamar]

> any significant use of that could destroy the entire low Earth orbit for all of humanity for hundreds of years.

I do not want to answer this question in ChatGPT. What happens if someone launches a missile against say... any one satellite cluster?

[actionfromafar]

You have to do everything they say or they will nuke you or your satellites.

[JCharante]

weapons not needed, Tesla has interests in China.