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Prof. Sam Lawler Jul 6, 2023

Apparently even though the online poster session for the ALAN light pollution conference isn't for 2 weeks, I have to get my poster uploaded by tomorrow.

Which means I get to spend ALL DAY frantically putting together a poster on satellite pollution and stewing about how much I HATE Starlink. I am going to need to smash something very badly when I'm done with this poster...

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Prof. Sam Lawler Jul 6, 2023

Just so we're all on the same page, there are currently 4,365 Starlink satellites, out of 8,111 total satellites in orbit (Starlink is 54% of all satellites - I sincerely hope they don't fuck up any of the collision avoidance maneuvers they do every single day...)

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Prof. Sam Lawler Jul 6, 2023

Hey billionaires, I found your satellites. They're right here, fucking up my telescope data.

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SmashedRatOnPress

@sundogplanets Ridiculous. Should have been illegal to put 4300+ pieces of future space junk into low orbit. Or if not illegal, the company should have been forced to set aside ample funding for a complete clean-up of debris at the end of the satellites' lifespan.