A new report in Nature discusses how the dramatic increase in satellite launches will affect astronomy. Before 2019, the largest group of associated satellites was the Iridium satellite constellation, which first launched five satellites on May 5, 1997. Currently, 76 are active with six spares also in orbit. I remember our astronomy club in El PasoContinue reading “Satellite megaconstellations: Not just a problem from Earth anymore”
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