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1 week ago

Satellite swarms set to photobomb more than 95% of some telescopes' images

Blurry streaks of light created by fast-moving artificial satellites are already known to mar images taken by ground-based observatories. Today, researchers report in Nature that space-based telescopes will not escape such interference as fleets of private satellites proliferate. The researchers found that in the next decade, satellite trails could taint roughly 96% of the images taken by some space-based telescopes, and a single image could contain as many as 92 streaks.
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fromwww.scientificamerican.com
1 month ago

Giant Mirrors, Orbital Data Centers and Space-Based Advertisements Could Soon Clutter the Night Sky

Commercial space projects like Reflect Orbital's plan to beam sunlight from orbit are proliferating and raising technological, environmental, and safety concerns.
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