Am curious.. can privately owned companies can just launch satellites into orbit without any regulations? Because we offen hear how every other big tech companies has some space program and no government ever discuss about it

I find the Dyson sphere really interesting.I want to learn more about it so what is the factor that is not allowing us to use the suns energy . we can send satellites with solar panels near the sun right is it the energy transmission or something else or is it cost thats stopping us from achieving this

Hey r/satellites ,

I'm an ex-ESA engineer, and I've been working on a project that I thought might be of interest to this community. I often found it difficult to find reliable, consolidated information about satellite ground stations during my time there, so I decided to build a database: www.find-gs.com It currently has over 650 ground stations mapped, with locations and key details. It's completely free to use.

I'd love to get your feedback! What other information would be useful to include? Are there any features you'd like to see added?

I was looking around my old hometown through the historic view (2007) and I found this weird glitch here (34°02'05"N 117°11'13"W) Any Ideas?