On Tue, 16 Oct 2018 15:36:47 -0700 (PDT), Quadibloc
wrote:

Saw this news item:

https://www.universetoday.com/140246...-a-few-months/

I'm surprised that the United States doesn't have laws prohibiting the launch of
such payloads by private launch operators. After all, I'm sure they have
restrictions on launching, say, Earth observation satellites with mirrors above a
certain size.

I don't think there are likely any restrictions on the capabilities of
private observation satellites. And other restrictions are based on
impact to other assets. Something in low orbit that will decay in less
than a year is unlikely to run into many roadblocks.