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This is the perfect tool to physically temper with telecom satellites.

No it’s not. Most comm sats are in geosynchronous orbit. This thing is in low earth orbit. Only the Iridium constellation is within its range.

Most likely it is for messing with other countries’ spy satellites.

You are right, yet the `constellation` / `mesh` / `starlink` type telecom service could be the new norm if it works out. Amazon made an FCC request recently to launch its own thing.

Also, if sent to space with a more powerful launcher, technically it could probably reach a Lagrangian point, even (slowly but efficiently) leave it. It would then probably burn out on re-entry with to much velocity, that would be the issue I'd say.

The actual things people are already launching into GSO to potentially fuck with telecom satellites aren't "this".

"This", so far, has stuck to low earth orbit.

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