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If you check out their hardware[0,1] — and especially their upcoming hardware[2] — you quickly realize that it's AST SpaceMobile who will be "ruining the night
by schiffern 3y ago
If you check out their hardware[0,1] — and especially their upcoming hardware[2] — you quickly realize that it's AST SpaceMobile who will be "ruining the night sky for all humanity," not Starlink.
[0] https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/2/23899530/satellite-night-sky-blue-walker-3-brightest-object https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/2/23899530/satellite-night-...
[1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/10/04/bright-satellite-study-bluewalker3/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/10/0...
[2] https://spacenews.com/ast-spacemobile-discloses-further-satellite-delays-and-cost-increases/ https://spacenews.com/ast-spacemobile-discloses-further-sate...
- panick21_ 3y agoWith all the focus on Starlink, SpaceX has been about the best behaved anybody could expect from a constellation. Other constellations will be far worse. OneWeb for example is much, much worse for issues around space debris. The list goes on. Many companies less in the public eye won't care nearly as much as SpaceX.