2 ms·

Maybe a spy satellite passes overhead and records the data center walls vibrating.

• orbital-decay 8y ago
  Jokes aside, hearing a sound directly from a low orbit is a thing [0]. Only problem is, the sound has to be extremely loud. [0] https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/grl.50205 https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/grl...
  • basementcat 8y ago
    According to the paper, the frequency has to be very low ~0.1 Hz.
  • dingaling 8y ago
    And conversely the ISS makes sonic booms in its LEO, they're just very weak. Sonic murmurs.