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Space Policy

Researchers at NASAā€™s Ames Research Center, reports that 73.3% of images the agencyā€™s new SPHEREx space telescope collected between May and September of last year were contaminated by at least one artificial satellite trail.

[...] And itā€™s only going to get worse from here. Recent FCC filings have been made to approve up to 2 million satellites in Low Earth Orbit, as compared to the 20,000 or so currently in orbit.

Read more: https://www.universetoday.com/articles/space-telescopes-are-now-overwhelmed-by-satellite-trails

Space Telescopes Are Now Overwhelmed by Satellite Trails

Unfortunately thereā€™s more bad news to report on the clear skies front. A new paper, available in pre-print on arXiv from researchers at NASAā€™s Ames Research Center, reports that 73.3% of images the agencyā€™s new SPHEREx space telescope collected between May and September of last year were contaminated by at least one artificial satellite trail. And itā€™s only going to get worse from here.

Universe Today
Jun 8 at 11:47pmWeb
Show threadDoomsdaysCW5d ago
Tagging @sundogplanets
Show threadJohn Maxwell5d ago
@g7izu Nah, we'll hit Kessler syndrome way before that. But that's not an improvement for astronomers.
Show threadJo - piĆØce de rĆ©sistance5d ago
@g7izu they donā€™t want us to have nice things and that includes the heavens.
Show threadLord Caramac the Clueless, KSC4d ago
@g7izu I don't think there will ever be a million satellites or more in orbit, the Kessler syndrome will turn them into space debris long before that.