Originally posted by hamish$invest
I was holder of Speedcast for longtime and sold off now... but from Ann and from my liking I watched and research about cubesat satellite. they have no power onboard to swift in orbit, they stay in same orbit.
currently there is no Space agency enforcing any number satellite per country but by 2022-2024 there will be. in US each rocket launching company have capped amount for launch per year all though no limit for satellite...just in last 2 years number nano-satellite launches increase by 1000% may be more.. it's just matter of time when number of satellite going in orbit per country will be regulated....
SAS will have review constellation Map when they get first 20-40 satellite in orbit, may have to get 1-2 mother satellite (not nano) in orbit to control communication and do inter-company satellite communication up in the sky.. ultimately they have to connect Africa with rest of the world.. where signals don't have to travel back to earth and complete loop up in the sky.
this will be exactly like running Air line business. where Data is passenger can't create seperate Air route for 1 or few customer they have to..have to collaborate with other satellite Telecommunication companies to exchange Data. in this satellite communication business "sky is limited" where equilibrium has to be reached otherwise we will keep on participating in CR.
IMO DYOR
I'm not sure why you would suggest that SAS need a couple of mother satellites to control communication. Signals are relayed off each other, getting processed and sent to ground level. For those areas that the sats don't reach, they will simply not be serviced by SAS. SAS is only after a target area.