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Looks nice! Apologies if this is a very naive question, I'm not well versed into satellites so the only thing I can think about is Starlink. Will there be any l
by Zababa 6y ago
Looks nice! Apologies if this is a very naive question, I'm not well versed into satellites so the only thing I can think about is Starlink. Will there be any light pollution? If so, how do you plan to address it?
- mrunseen 6y agoI'm not the OP but I used to track & observe satellites, my guess is mostly no. A satellite needs appropriate angle from sun to it's solar panels[0] to create any light pollution (or satellite flare, depending on what side you're looking from). Since OP's satellites won't be first in their class (We've got Maxar, Planet etc.) I don't think they will have any considerable impact on general light pollution. Actually, there's a lot of satellites "orbiting" at anytime but very little of them generate flares. Problem with Starlink it's number of satellites are quite high (42k planned) and they got "persistent brightness". Wikipedia article about satellite flares (it's short) : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_flare https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_flare [0]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/Iridium_animation.gif https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/Iridium_...
- Zababa 6y agoThanks for the answer!