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We won't give up the night sky. Starlink won't be very high so majority of satellites will be in the shadow except close to sunrise/sunset. Starlink satellites
by saberdancer 7y ago
We won't give up the night sky. Starlink won't be very high so majority of satellites will be in the shadow except close to sunrise/sunset.
Starlink satellites are quite small and probably won't be very visible even when deployed. SpaceX is working to reduce "glare" so this will probably be further improved.
Even with a full grid deployed, I doubt you would see more than a dozen satellites at any given time. Someone probably has numbers so please correct me or chip in.
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