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SpaceX will need a special permit from NOAA to broadcast its launches

The US agency NOAA, is not based on an absurd law, to prevent SpaceX from retransmitting part of its launches, just at the moment, that seeing rockets take off has an audience again, since the last NASA launch that had interest It was Apollo 11 in 1969, which was the rocket that landed on the Moon.

A few days ago, specifically on March 30, the company SpaceX, founded by Elon Musk, carried out one of the planned launches, launching the rocket that put into orbit, the first satellites of the Iridium Communications network, a network of small satellites , to offer internet connection to everyone. As is normal, the launch was broadcast through YouTube, but the broadcast was not normal, since minutes after the launch, the company cut the broadcast, something that caused a stir and endless conspiracies among fans of these launches.

There is usually a company presenter in these missions, who gives some information sporadically. This person, before launch, indicated that there would be an emission cut-off when a certain orbit was reached, due to the restrictions of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, also known as NOAA. No more data was given and that has caused much speculation, including some kind of experimental and secret United States satellite in orbit or the presence of little green men or remains of their ships.

Data does not exist, but apparently, this restriction is due to the fact that SpaceX would have violated national security, according to NOAA and must have a special license, to be able to mount cameras on the rockets and be able to broadcast. The problem is that it is this agency in the United States that is in charge of showing images of the Earth from space by a law created 26 years ago. NOAA wanted to regulate SpaceX emissions given its popularity, but there is no more data either.

The restrictions, curiously, have not been applied to NASA, in the most recent launch, a few days ago, since it is a government emission. The agency says there have been no previous restrictions because "we had no record of these cameras." The truth is that the United States is the country with the most absurd laws in the world and this is clearly one of them, because you will explain to us, what is the problem of transmitting the launch of a rocket, in fact, SpaceX has done that rocket launching becomes popular, something NASA has not achieved in years. What was the latest NASA launch that you have heard about and followed?

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Robert Sole

Director of Contents and Writing of this same website, technician in renewable energy generation systems and low voltage electrical technician. I work in front of a PC, in my free time I am in front of a PC and when I leave the house I am glued to the screen of my smartphone. Every morning when I wake up I walk across the Stargate to make some coffee and start watching YouTube videos. I once saw a dragon ... or was it a Dragonite?

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  1. Incredible! How can this be possible and legal? Why do they have jurisdiction over the space as if they were the owners?

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