#EarthOrbit policeman #JonathanMcDowell retiring to full time launch focus.
"The skills I developed trying to figure out what the NRO & CIA, & the Russian intelligence were up to are coming in very useful figuring out what the commercial companies are doing."
www.newscientist.com/video/246921...

Starlink satellites: Facts, tracking and impact on astronomy Are Starlink satellites a grand innovation or an astronomical menace?

As of November 2024, there are 6,764 Starlink satellites in orbit, of which 6,714 are working, according to Astronomer Jonathan McDowell who tracks the constellation on his website.

#Starlink #LowEarthOrbit #satellites #JonathanMcDowell mastodon.social/@planet4589