Are SpaceX Starlink Satellites Threat To Astronomy

On 6 January, SpaceX launched 60 Starlink communications satellites into orbit. This brings the number of Starlink satellites in orbit now to 180, part of a planned fleet of as many as 42,000 spacecraft that SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says will bring internet access to underserved areas of the world. But they might also cause problems for astronomy.

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Are SpaceX Starlink Satellites Threat To Astronomy

The satellites show up as a line of bright dots gliding across the night sky. They are visible to the naked eye in the weeks after launch and slowly become dimmer as they enter orbits farther into space. Then, they are mostly too dim for our eyes to spot them, but telescopes still can.

When the satellites pass through a telescope’s field of view, they create bright streaks that cut through images of the sky, obscuring ...

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