This is from Scott Manley who is a dev at Apple, has an astronomy degree, and in his spare time is one of the premiere space YouTubers. This is a very balanced piece. Summary: Yes, they will be a...
This is from Scott Manley who is a dev at Apple, has an astronomy degree, and in his spare time is one of the premiere space YouTubers. This is a very balanced piece.
Summary: Yes, they will be a factor in visible and radio spectra. But it seems inevitable as many companies are going to do this, and there is just going to a lot more stuff in space in general over the next few decades.
Some interesting bits I learned from this:
Russia will sell OneWeb a Soyuz to launch their satellites, but no satellite based internet for Russians will be allowed!
Airline flights get routed around major telescopes at night to avoid ruining images.
One of the telescopes that will be most impacted by a giant increase in satellite flares is The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope. It has a very wide field of view, and each image it takes will have satellite flares in it. Thanks to the advantages of digital imaging, and the fact that they take two images to factor out gamma rays, this can pretty easily be worked around but will be a factor they must account for.
Advertising satellites are already prohibited by the FCC and other agencies.
This is from Scott Manley who is a dev at Apple, has an astronomy degree, and in his spare time is one of the premiere space YouTubers. This is a very balanced piece.
Summary: Yes, they will be a factor in visible and radio spectra. But it seems inevitable as many companies are going to do this, and there is just going to a lot more stuff in space in general over the next few decades.
Some interesting bits I learned from this:
Russia will sell OneWeb a Soyuz to launch their satellites, but no satellite based internet for Russians will be allowed!
Airline flights get routed around major telescopes at night to avoid ruining images.
One of the telescopes that will be most impacted by a giant increase in satellite flares is The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope. It has a very wide field of view, and each image it takes will have satellite flares in it. Thanks to the advantages of digital imaging, and the fact that they take two images to factor out gamma rays, this can pretty easily be worked around but will be a factor they must account for.
Advertising satellites are already prohibited by the FCC and other agencies.