Orbital Datacenter Plans Need an Environmental Review, FCC Told

联邦通信委员会被告知，轨道数据中心计划需要进行环境影响评估。

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时间: on Saturday July 11, 2026 @03:34PM

Environmental groups want America's FCC "to slam the brakes on orbital datacenters," writes The Register . They're arguing for an environmental impact assessment for what could be 1 million satellites: Earthjustice, acting on behalf of DarkSky International, Environment America, and Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), filed a petition this week ... The filing doesn't target any single company. Instead, it asks the regulator to put the entire emerging orbital datacenter sector on hold while it assesses the cumulative effects of proposals from SpaceX , Starcloud, Blue Origin , Cowboy Space, and any similar applications that follow. According to the petition, those proposals collectively seek "well over a million datacenter satellites" in low Earth orbit.... " increasing

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