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Is there a way to launch an amateur satellite into orbit without the government knowing?

Posted on 6/24/22 at 6:51 pm
Posted by UndercoverBryologist
Member since Nov 2020
8077 posts
Posted on 6/24/22 at 6:51 pm
In order to bypass FAA licensing and other legal restrictions?

The rocket will need to carry a transceiver for confirming orbit, obviously. But how small should it be to avoid government radar detection?
Posted by Paul Allen
Montauk, NY
Member since Nov 2007
75266 posts
Posted on 6/24/22 at 6:52 pm to
Did you know Wade Boggs drank 64 beers on a cross country flight?
Posted by LegendInMyMind
Member since Apr 2019
54784 posts
Posted on 6/24/22 at 6:53 pm to
You trying to prove the Earth is flat, baw?
Posted by TwoFace
Member since Mar 2018
1114 posts
Posted on 6/24/22 at 6:53 pm to
That's gonna take a shitload of bottle rockets.
Posted by thadcastle
Member since Dec 2019
2625 posts
Posted on 6/24/22 at 6:54 pm to
quote:

how small should it be to avoid government radar detection?

350 inches
Posted by Ghost of Colby
Alberta, overlooking B.C.
Member since Jan 2009
11295 posts
Posted on 6/24/22 at 6:54 pm to
There’s really only one way to find out…. Launch and see if the feds notice.
Posted by TigerinATL
Member since Feb 2005
61581 posts
Posted on 6/24/22 at 6:54 pm to
quote:

how small should it be to avoid government radar detection?


If you're taking on this project it seems like you should really have someone that already knows that. If TD is your knowledge base that satellite ain't getting off the ground unless someone throws it.
Posted by OchoDedos
Republic of Texas
Member since Oct 2014
34212 posts
Posted on 6/24/22 at 6:56 pm to
FYI,

NORAD tracks everything unidentifiable coming and going
Posted by TigerstuckinMS
Member since Nov 2005
33687 posts
Posted on 6/24/22 at 6:56 pm to
Yeah. You just have to launch at night so they can't see it.
Posted by shutterspeed
MS Gulf Coast
Member since May 2007
63532 posts
Posted on 6/24/22 at 6:56 pm to
quote:

Is there a way to launch an amateur satellite into orbit without the government knowing?


cubesats

quote:

In order to bypass FAA licensing and other legal restrictions?



no
Posted by NYNolaguy1
Member since May 2011
20923 posts
Posted on 6/24/22 at 7:02 pm to
That's pretty impossible. How are you going to do that without hitting the glass dome?
Posted by Doublebagger
Member since Mar 2021
960 posts
Posted on 6/24/22 at 7:04 pm to
You could use satatlie balloons. Then Launch when you get to a desired altitude
Posted by schexyoung
Deaf Valley
Member since May 2008
6535 posts
Posted on 6/24/22 at 7:28 pm to
Yes, but you’re going to need a hell of a potato gun.
Posted by HeadSlash
TEAM LIVE BADASS - St. GEORGE
Member since Aug 2006
49845 posts
Posted on 6/24/22 at 7:37 pm to
quote:

Is there a way to launch an amateur satellite into orbit without the government knowing?


Not anymore
Posted by FredBear
Georgia
Member since Aug 2017
15040 posts
Posted on 6/24/22 at 8:01 pm to
I would think not advertising on a public forum ahead of time might be a good start
Posted by SidetrackSilvera
Member since Nov 2012
1953 posts
Posted on 6/24/22 at 8:37 pm to
Might be the dumbest question I've ever seen on here.
Posted by jamiegla1
Member since Aug 2016
7014 posts
Posted on 6/24/22 at 8:40 pm to
Since when can the government tell you what you can and cant do. They don’t own the earth
Posted by Harry Morgan
Member since Sep 2019
9193 posts
Posted on 6/24/22 at 8:48 pm to
Posted by Realityintheface
Member since May 2022
1784 posts
Posted on 6/24/22 at 8:54 pm to
Without the government knowing? You asked this on the internet? You do realize you are anonymous to us but not to them, right?

Posted by Cracker
in a box
Member since Nov 2009
17749 posts
Posted on 6/24/22 at 8:56 pm to
All you need is a sono tube roofing tar and nitrous oxide and that will get you going
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