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profdant139
Explorer II
May 30, 2019

"Satellight Pollution" of the Night Sky by SpaceX

Those of us who boondock in search of dark skies will be dismayed to hear that the new satellite internet system will scatter a lot more junk across the field of view. (I am claiming the coinage of th...
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HadEnough
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May 30, 2019
Not a fan.

One astronomer mentioned that if they put all 12,000 satellites up that they plan to use, there will be more satellites than there are stars right now visible to the naked eye.

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