@sundogplanets There's a reason why even passive satellites for radar calibration are explicitly anti-reflective in their coating and/or design.

• As a matter of fact #Iridium did specifically get their new satellites (#IridiumNext) designed to not cause #IridiumFlares...

@sundogplanets Yes, and Starlink is a massive pollutant - bith in terms if RF ?-Spectrum and Light!

• I live in a city of 100k in the most populous state if Germany with horrible light pollution but even in my extremely well lit area I can see all the Starlink junk brighter than almost all Iridium Flares in the night sky!!!

Tho there's technically a constellation consisting of almost half a billion metal needles tho aside from some frozen gel lumps most of them are presumed to have reentered.

#Starlink #Spectrum #LightPollution #Flares #IridiumFlares #FlareWell #WestfordNeedles

@sundogplanets Also #Antarctica has the advantage that aside from a few #Iridium devices there's almost zero #RF emissions and the lack of air, noise and light pollution make it a good location.

And since 2019 there are no #IridiumFlares that could blind optical sensor or ruin images too...

@jk But #IridiumFlares were considered bad...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU48qn-iJ0I

Oh well...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_flare#Iridium_flares

@TimBondy So basically it's like #IridiumFlares but with distracting frequency...

Because #Iridium did choose to have their replacements not #FlareWell...