Shiftless2
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Just saying - the mirror satellite is a very different matter than the Starlink ones.
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Indeed. BUT !
My astronomer guru is Author / Astronomer / Professor Bob Berman. He whines bitterly about Musk's Starlink clutter, obstructing astronomical observations of natural phenomena beyond LEO.
They are different, but they have that in common. Don't they?
What is creepy is that over 500 Starlink satellites have crashed.
They say the low orbit does not put other satellites at risk, but don't they use a nuclear power source?
They are also bright.
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That brightness was a surprise to almost everyone, including both SpaceX and the astronomical community. Researchers began to panic and shared photos of satellite streaks in their data, such as this trail image from the Lowell Observatory in Arizona.
They expressed particular concerns about future images from highly sensitive telescopes such as the Vera Rubin Observatory (formerly known as the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope), which will study the entire universe in exquisite detail and is expected to come online in 2022. Radio astronomers are also planning for interference from Starlink's radio-based antennas.
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https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-satellites.html
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BUT !
Wouldn't that be "nucular"?
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Oh.
note: R5 #463: I did not know that. Thanks R5
Musk is a Republican.
Wouldn't that be "nucular"?
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Currently, there are 1 to 2 Starlink satellites falling back to Earth each day.
Oh.
note: R5 #463: I did not know that. Thanks R5