Earlier this year, Swarm Technologies got in trouble with the FCC for putting four tiny satellites into orbit without permission. Authorities and experts claimed that the tiny objects were too difficult to track, which makes them a danger to other satellites in orbit. Swarm was reportedly fined...
Swarm Technologies Inc has been ordered to pay a $900,000 fine by the FCC for "unauthorized deployment and operation of satellites, unauthorized operation of earth ground stations, and other unauthorized operation and testing of radio frequency equipment." The FCC had denied Swarm Technologies'...
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What do you do when the FCC tells you that you cannot put four small satellites into Earth's orbit because the ones you have are too small and possibly a danger to other satellites and spacecraft since these tiny ones are too hard to track? You go to India, do it anyways, and don't put your...