New satellites are messing up our night sky
To me, dark skies are one of the main benefits of boondocking in remote territory -- it's a lot of work to get there, but the stars are astonishing. So this article is depressing -- apparently, Elo...
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babock wrote:pnichols wrote:Geosynchronous is 22,236 miles. The Spacex satellites are at 217 miles.
Hmmmm .... I wonder how folks are going to like the latency issues with satellite Internet?pnichols wrote:If you are really worried about that, stop using your cell phone and turn off your wireless router. Turn off your computer while you are at it!
BTW, how's the research going into the/any subtle RF effects on humans?
So ... satellites up there at only 217 (342?) miles are going to stay in orbit for how many years? (Of course Elon is probably developing a ground or spacecraft based laser cannon to melt them away near their end of service.)
That reminds me, what line-of-sight RF frequency bands will those SpaceX satellites transmit/receive at ... as compared to a cell phone, a wireless router, and a laptop computer? (I assume the medical research covers both cumulative RF strength and blended frequencies that bombard us humans?)
