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Why is this downvoted, it's correct, right? Surely more than one company will have a satellite network, at that. Stars are already gone, to a large extent.
by thatguy0900 5y ago
Why is this downvoted, it's correct, right? Surely more than one company will have a satellite network, at that. Stars are already gone, to a large extent.
- Asraelite 5y agoThat only applies to dawn and dusk. In the middle of the night satellites don't get illuminated. They can still be a small problem for telescopes then, but you won't notice them with the naked eye.
- genericone 5y agoThe solar panels are only reflecting light during the 'moving up to orbit' phase of the launch. After a few weeks the solar panels will be tilted in a different direction, no longer casting bright streaks in the night sky.