@mastodonmigration I thought the Starlinks were a pain at dusk and dawn only as they fly low, so that for most of the night, they're in darkness at the same time as the observer?
Won't be long before China and several other corporations have their own constellations.
Yup. That's where this is headed. If you are really interested here is a good thread with excellent links on the subject:
https://mastodon.online/@mastodonmigration/110807153210535910
@[email protected] All that, plus he is wrecking terrestrial #astronomy >>> https://www.astronomy.com/science/megaconstellations-are-changing-the-night-sky-forever-forcing-astronomers-to-adapt/ - Investigations that rely on detecting objects close to twilight will be severely hindered... discovering near-Earth asteroids... potential threats that could impact Earth - Ever-present disruption of satellite streaks... a lot harder to obtain a smooth background sky to calibrate observations... can affect measurements of key phenomena like gravitational lensing more... #StarLink
@chicafisica @mastodonmigration There's less than 10,000 satellites launched. Imagine if there were only that many people on earth, how spread they'd be. Then there's many common orbits from 300km up to 35,000 km. There's very little up there at the moment.
The low flying comms constellations like Starlink are not going to cause a Kessler effect because they are too low. They naturally fall out of orbit in only a few years.
Nah. The metaphor for our times is "Space City Houston", where you simply are lucky to see anything in the night sky but the moon, maybe a few bright planets if it's clear and cold.
It's been a few years since it got cold here.
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