It should be known that the United States, as the most developed country in the world's space technology, has maintained a leading position in many fields, and even holds a number of records. For example, the United States is the first country in the world to let astronauts land on the moon, and it is also the country in the world that retrieves the most lunar soil from the moon.
In addition, as the United States gradually established its position in the field of space exploration, there was also an unwritten rule that the first-come, first-served principle must be observed in low-Earth orbit. That is to say, which country takes the lead in launching satellites in low Earth orbit can occupy the region. Previously, various countries also chose to silently accept this regulation, but musk's appearance directly broke this rule. After all, Musk previously proposed the so-called Starlink Satellite Program, which initially only launched about 10,000 satellites, but as this plan continued to advance, Musk's ambitions became larger and larger, and even planned to launch 40,000 satellites. It should be known that the first-come, first-served rule for satellites in low Earth orbit was first proposed by the United States. What was not expected was that the country's ultimate goal was not to compete fairly, but to give itself the lead.
It is not difficult to understand why the United States will vigorously develop space exploration. You know, there are currently more than 7,300 artificial satellites in space, most of which are launched by the United States. The rest was launched by Europe and the Soviet Union, and of course, China has launched a total of 400 satellites. However, after Musk proposed the Starlink satellite plan, it is not difficult to see that the ultimate goal of this person is to seize low-Earth orbit with other countries, which means that those countries with backward space technology may no longer be able to launch low-Earth orbit satellites after that. After all, this orbit is already relatively crowded, and if all 40,000 satellites of the Starlink program are launched into space, the low-Earth orbit satellite launch plans of other countries will definitely be affected.
It is worth noting that Musk has launched a total of 1900 starlink satellites into space. This move has made many astronomers very disgusted, because Musk's so-called starlink program has seriously affected normal astronomical observations. But Musk did not care at all, still chose to go his own way, for which the outside world also began to doubt, can rich people see no one? More importantly, if the Starlink plan can really be successfully implemented, when other countries launch low-Earth orbit satellites in the future, it is very likely that they will say whether it is counted, but Musk has the final say.
After all, after the deployment of 40,000 starlink satellites into space, it will definitely make the low-Earth orbit, which is already very congested, more congested. If other countries rush to launch satellites, it is likely to collide with starlink satellites. So when to launch a satellite, maybe it's really up to Musk, or the United States to decide. The outside world is very confused about this, is there any royal law in this? This move can be called "the whole world can not be the royal land". Is it possible that in the eyes of the United States, after having absolute strength, it can do whatever it wants?
(Text/Hua Qiang)