megaconstellations
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A Powerful New Telescope Is About To Get Screwed By Elon Musk’s Starlink Constellation, Research Suggests
As astronomers eagerly await the opening of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile, anxious operators have run tests to see how well the system might work when low Earth orbit is cluttered with satellite megaconstellations, similar to the one being built by SpaceX. Unsurprisingly, the results were not good.
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Satellite Constellations Like SpaceX’s Starlink Could Cause Major Problems, Astronomy Group Warns
Members of the American Astronomical Society are speaking out about the potential for large satellite constellations, such as SpaceX’s Starlink network, to interfere with scientific observations of space. In a statement issued today, the AAS said we need to re-think this technology before it’s too late.