[BC] sats

[Phil Alexander]

On 19 Jul 2005 at 12:14, Cowboy wrote:

> On Friday 15 July 2005 13:14, Clive Warner wrote:
> 
> > >1.  Satellite broadcasters require Federal government approval to continue
> > >their activities, the service is not mature enough for an "expectancy of
> > >renewal of their license;
> > 
> > - I don't see that Federal Approval is required. Supposing I were to put one
> > up that broadcasts to the US but my service is based and owned in, say,
> > Somalia? What're you going to do, shoot it down?
> 
>  They might !
>  At just what elevation does a governments authority stop ?
>  What are the limits of air space ?

ISTR there is some treaty that sets the limit around 
300,000 ft / 60 miles / 100 km or something like that.

More or less 60 miles up in any case.


Phil Alexander, CSRE, AMD
Broadcast Engineering Services and Technology 
(a Div. of Advanced Parts Corporation) 
Ph. (317) 335-2065   FAX (317) 335-9037





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