Reflect Orbital's Giant Space Mirror Has Been Approved for Launch, and That Should Worry Us All
A California startup has just cleared a major regulatory hurdle in its quest to sell sunlight on demand ā and in doing so, it may have opened the door to one of the most consequential unregulated experiments ever conducted on our shared sky. On July 9, 2026, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission granted Reflect Orbital a license to launch and operate its first demonstration satellite,ā¦









