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There are well over a thousand operational satellites in low earth orbit currently, plus I don’t know how many dead ones. Have you noticed those? They’re only
by mikeash 7y ago
There are well over a thousand operational satellites in low earth orbit currently, plus I don’t know how many dead ones. Have you noticed those?
They’re only visible for about an hour after sunset, since the satellite itself still has to be illuminated to be visible.
- CorvusCrypto 7y agoHmm no. That does put me at more ease. And yeah I included that last part in the estimate for seeing up to 50, otherwise the projection would be of course up to half of all of them.
- mikeash 7y agoDon’t get me wrong, Starlink will be a substantial increase in the number of satellites. But if you don’t notice them now, it probably won’t be overwhelming after.