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SpaceX's Starlink internet satellites 'leak' so much radiation that it's hurting radio astronomy, scientists say (www.space.com)

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Starlink satellites can disturb observation even of those telescopes protected by radio-quiet zones.

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[–] Brkdncr@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago (5 children)

The market for starlink exists because terrestrial broadband is such a shit show.

[–] darknavi@vlemmy.net 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wish I could updoot this more than once.

Starlink is a treatment of a symptom, not the root cause.

[–] FaceDeer@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Not entirely. There are no terrestrial internet options in the middle of the ocean, for example. Starlink covers areas that are impossible to cover with terrestrial internet even if you completely ignored the economics.

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