STARLINK RADAR ECHOES: Leave it to Starlink. SpaceX's growing constellation of internet satellites is finding new ways to interfere with astronomy. This time it's radar astronomy. On Jan. 29th, Giuseppe Petricca on Scotland's Isle of Lewis was monitoring France's GRAVE space surveillance radar, looking for echoes from meteors.
SpaceX has just launched a new batch of 60 Starlink satellites, bringing the total in orbit to ~240. Ultimately, there could be as many as 42,000 Starlink satellites circling Earth. 42,000. Their goal is to provide global, satellite-based internet service. They could also bring an end to ground-based astronomy as we know it. And in the case of radar and radio astronomy, painting the satellites black won't help.
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Starlink perturbateur !
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Jean-Jacques Wawrzyniak
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Starlink perturbateur !
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