Elon Musk's SpaceX wants to provide worldwide broadband. To do this, they plan to launch a total of 42,000 satellites. That's a lot. There are currently 2,000 operational satellites orbiting earth. The company has permission from FCC to launch 12,000 satellites. Last week, SpaceX has launched 60 satellites which use large solar arrays to generate power. There are a couple of problems with this. First, that's a lot of objects in low earth orbit, and the possibility for collisions with other man-made objects is significantly greater. The second reason is that it makes the work of astronomers a lot harder.
Credits:
https://www.sciencealert.com/starlink-is-being-an-absolute-nuisance-to-astronomers
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