According to the news on April 15, the French Supreme Administrative Court recently revoked the license of the satellite network of SpaceX, a space exploration technology company, to provide local Internet services on the grounds of market monopoly. Recently, a source familiar with the lawsuit said that arcep, the French telecommunications regulator, may grant an Internet license to SpaceX again, but will set more additional conditions on the basis of the original agreement < p > < / P > < p > the court ruled that arcep granted the license to SpaceX in February 2021 without prior public consultation

related lawsuits were initiated by two French environmental protection organizations. In the lawsuit, they listed the possible environmental impacts of satellite networks, including light pollution, space debris and human health < p > however, the court decided to revoke SpaceX's Internet service license mainly because of its business nature. The court held that SpaceX's rocket and satellite manufacturing, launch services, satellite operations and telecommunications business may distort the market and crowd out competition, which will eventually have a negative impact on French consumers < p > "due to SpaceX's vertical integration strategy, this project may even undermine the economic balance of other industries," the court said in a report on April 5. "SpaceX manufactures its own satellites through the star chain project, manufactures the launching devices that put them into orbit, operates the entire satellite network by itself, and promotes its own telecommunications services, which makes it competitive with satellite manufacturer Arianespace, wireless network equipment manufacturer and telecommunications service operator." < p > arcep needs to obey the decision of the court and reconsider SpaceX's application. At present, arcep has begun to invite the public to submit objections before May 9 < p > in a statement released on April 8, arcep defended its previous decision to issue a license to SpaceX, saying that the operation of the satellite network of the satellite chain would not "have a significant impact on the market and the interests of end users"

arcep said in the statement: "the frequency band discussed can indeed be used by multiple satellite industry participants, so it will not cause spectrum scarcity." "In addition, when SpaceX was licensed, France already had more than 17 million ultra-high speed broadband users, including ultra-high speed broadband services provided by other satellite networks, and the number of users has reached tens of thousands." < p > the first phase of SpaceX's satellite chain network will include more than 12000 satellites operating in an orbit 550 kilometers above the earth. At present, there are more than 2000 satellites in orbit. Eventually, the company hopes to put more than 42000 satellites into earth orbit. SpaceX is not the only player in the fast-growing low earth orbit Internet satellite market. Oneweb plans to build a network of about 650 satellites, half of which are already in orbit. Amazon's Kuiper project also plans to build a network of more than 3000 satellites < p > recently, a source familiar with the lawsuit said that arcep may grant SpaceX Internet license again, but it will set more additional conditions on the basis of the original agreement < p > the source said, "the" (New) license may be subject to more conditions, such as putting the burden of proof on the satellite chain project to show that the size of the entire satellite network does not mean that they will occupy all positions in orbit and cause frequency interference. " "It may also be a temporary license with a shorter time limit, rather than an indefinite license." < p > the source said that the French decision may affect the future of the star chain project in Germany. SpaceX obtained a one-year temporary license in Germany in December 2020, which was later extended < p > "I think the result of the French ruling may also affect Germany's view of the star chain project," the source said < p > since the launch of the first satellite chain satellites in May 2019, astronomers have warned that spacecraft operating in low orbit will have a negative impact on astronomical observation, not just light pollution. Space safety experts also warned that due to the large number of satellites, the risk of collision between different spacecraft in earth orbit will increase. Atmospheric scientists also warned that as SpaceX regularly launches more satellites and continues to take scrapped satellites out of orbit, a large amount of metals burned in the atmosphere may have an adverse impact on the earth's climate. (Chen Chen) < / P > < p >