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- 1Amazon seeks FCC approval for 5,105 more satellites amid secrecy dispute●# Amazon is asking the # FCC to approve 5,105 massive new # satellites while hiding their orbital debris risk models beh
Amazon has asked the US Federal Communications Commission to approve the launch of 5,105 additional satellites for its Kuiper broadband constellation, while withholding its orbital debris risk models as confidential corporate information. Critics, including space sustainability advocates, say the public deserves full transparency on collision and debris risks, arguing that a safe orbital environment is a shared resource and that regulatory decisions of this scale should not rest on hidden data.