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   Dr Megan Argo (astromeg@astrodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Sep-2024 22:04:17 JST Dr Megan Argo

   Good grief. Starlink v2 satellites are generating 32 times more radio emission than previous generations! This is totally blinding to radio telescopes and will stop us doing science in this part of the spectrum.

   BBC News coverage: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy4dnr8zemgo

   Journal article: https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2024/09/aa51856-24/aa51856-24.html

   #astronomy #starlink #losingthesky

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     Phoenix Gee 🥥🌴😸💃 (phoenixgee@soc.k512.studio)'s status on Thursday, 19-Sep-2024 00:25:52 JST Phoenix Gee 🥥🌴😸💃

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     @Astromeg That's what happens if you have a autocratic, profit oriented moron with no technical expertise whatsoever at the helm of a private space corporation that gets free reign for whatever the reason, and uses all of it all the time.

     I wonder who authorized StarLink as a concept, and who greenlit the number of satellites dumped into orbit...

     I thought we have agencies with the purpose of regulating what gets launched?

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     Hilton Fernandes (hgfernan@noc.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Sep-2024 00:26:56 JST Hilton Fernandes

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     @Astromeg And yet Melon Usk is worshiped by a lot of absent mind nerds.