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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 the term "satellight pollution.") Here is an article:

Article

On the other hand, all of those spacecraft should provide us with great internet coverage as we sit in remote locations, grumbling about all of those spacecraft.

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  • HadEnough wrote:
    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.


    But the good side is fast strong internet world wide..

    :W
  • 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.