'This is really intolerable': Astronomers protest giant orbiting mirror project and SpaceX's million AI satellites "It's absolutely the destruction of a central part of human heritage."

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#ispace expects to deploy at least five lunar orbiting #satellites 🛰️ by 2030, which will serve as critical infrastructure for the #communications 📶 system.

Critical to the new business will be the development of #GroundStation 📡 services on Earth capable of stably receiving large-capacity […]

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Sending disruptive satellites 🛰️ into space… check ✅ on today’s xkcd

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Envoyer des satellites 🛰️ dérangeants dans l’espace… dans l’xkcd d’aujourd’hui

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A million new SpaceX satellites will destroy the night sky — for everyone on Earth More than 10,000 Starlink satellites currently orbit the Earth. We see them crawling across dark skies, no matter how remote our location, and streaking through images from research telescopes.SpaceX ...

If SpaceX launches these #satellites, we will see more satellites than stars — for large portions of the night and the year, throughout the world. This will severely damage the night sky for everyone on Earth.

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A reliable technology for returning payloads to Earth from #space 🌌 is a necessity for several futuristic business models — testing new materials in orbit, manufacturing #pharmaceuticals 💊 or high-end #electronics in microgravity, or […]

Russia launches first 16 Rassvet satellites in push for space sovereignty Russia launched 16 Rassvet satellites on 23 March, moving toward a 900-satellite constellation to provide domestic internet and reduce Starlink dependence.

Russia launches first 16 Rassvet satellites in push for space sovereignty

#Rassvet #Starlink #RussiaSpace #Satellites #AusNews

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La Russie lance 16 satellites pour « Rassvet », concurrent de Starlink Principaux renseignements La Russie a lancé avec succès la première série de satellites destinés à son système d’Internet haut débit « Rassvet ». C’est ce qu’annonce l’agence spatiale russe Bureau 1440. Lors du lancement, qui a eu lieu tard dans la soirée du 23 mars, 16 satellites ont été mis en orbite. Ce projet est […]

La Russie lance 16 satellites pour « Rassvet », concurrent de Starlink #Rассвет #satellites #internetHautDébit #Russie #technologie

Russian Firm Launches First 16 Satellites to Rival Elon Musk's Starlink The firm, Bureau 1440 plans to offer high speed internet and other low-earth satellite based services starting 2027

Russian Firm Launches First 16 Satellites to Rival Elon Musk's Starlink

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Russian Firm Launches First 16 Satellites to Rival Elon Musk's Starlink The firm, Bureau 1440 plans to offer high speed internet and other low-earth satellite based services starting 2027

Russian Firm Launches First 16 Satellites to Rival Elon Musk's Starlink

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Russian Firm Launches First 16 Satellites to Rival Elon Musk's Starlink The firm, Bureau 1440 plans to offer high speed internet and other low-earth satellite based services starting 2027

Russian Firm Launches First 16 Satellites to Rival Elon Musk's Starlink

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SpaceX’s Orbital Data Center Ambitions Could Blind Astronomy — and Nobody Voted on It SpaceX has filed with the FCC to deploy up to one million orbital data centers, alarming astronomers who wa...

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On Tuesday, a SpaceX launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California carried 25 more #Starlink satellites into space. With the addition of those 25 #satellites, there are now more than 10,000 Starlinks orbiting Earth! Read more at: buff.ly/YF5Bthk

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'Vulnerable' satellites guide the world — and its wars From smartphone maps to precision weapons, satellite navigation underpins modern life and war. Global navigation satellite systems have become indispensable, and that's made them vulnerable to disrupt...

'Vulnerable' #satellites guide the world — and its #wars

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'This is really intolerable': Astronomers protest giant orbiting mirror project and SpaceX's million AI satellites Proposed constellations of orbiting mirrors and data centers would com...

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SpaceX demande à lancer jusqu'à 1 million de nouveaux satellites, les astronomes vent debout - [Marie-Claude Saliceti]

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SpaceX demande à lancer jusqu’à 1 million de nouveaux satellites, les astronomes vent debout
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51,600 more satellites? Blue Origin adds another twist to the data center space race with Project Sunrise Blue Origin seeks FCC approval for a constellation that would complement its TeraWave network — and set up another rivalry with SpaceX.

51,600 more satellites? Blue Origin adds another twist to the data center space race with Project Sunrise #Technology #EmergingTechnologies #Other #Satellites #DataCenters #ProjectSunrise

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Rob McConnell Interviews - DAVE COTE - CubeSat Disclosure - Satellite Search for UFOs Dave Cote explores the intersection of space technology and UFO research in CubeSat Disclosure – Satellite Search for UFOs. Cote discusses how small, cost-effective satellites known as CubeSats could be deployed to monitor Earth’s atmosphere and near-space for unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP). His work highlights the potential for independent, data-driven observation using modern aerospace tools, aiming to bring greater transparency and scientific methodology to the study of UFO sightings through continuous, global surveillance from orbit.

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As SpaceX Launches its 10,000th Satellite, A Photographer Captures the Impact on the Night Sky This week SpaceX passed an eye-watering milestone: it launched its 10,000th satellite into low-Earth o...

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As SpaceX Launches its 10,000th Satellite, A Photographer Captures the Impact on the Night Sky This week SpaceX passed an eye-watering milestone: it launched its 10,000th satellite into low-Earth o...

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Earth's low orbit is becoming cluttered with high-velocity space junk Thousands of satellites are being launched into space at low Earth orbit, joining hundreds of thousands of pieces of space junk, and it's becoming a real problem. #satellites #space #spacecraft #pollution

Thousands of satellites are being launched into space at low Earth orbit, joining hundreds of thousands of pieces of space junk, and it's becoming a real problem. #satellites #space #spacecraft #pollution

New satellite constellations could ruin the night sky, astronomers warn A long-exposure image of the Orion Nebula from December 2019 shows satellite trails — a problem astronomers worry will grow dramatically worse if two new proposed constellations totaling over a million satellites are approved by the FCC. Credit: A. H. Abolfath, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0 Astronomy advocacy groups are ringing alarm bells about two proposed satellite constellations, warning that they threaten to change the sky forever. SpaceX has applied to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to launch up to 1 million satellites as orbital data centers for artificial intelligence. California-based startup Reflect Orbital wants to deploy as many as 50,000 mirrors to low Earth orbit, designed to beam concentrated sunlight back to Earth. These focused spots of light could be used for a wide range of applications from agriculture to search and rescue, according to the company. Reflect Orbital filed its application on July 31, 2025. SpaceX submitted its proposal on Jan. 30, 2026. Both filings are now closed to public comments, but more than 1,800 comments were filed on the Reflect Orbital application alone. The proposals have drawn criticism from nearly every major astronomical organization. The Royal Astronomical Society (RAS), the European Southern Observatory (ESO), and the International Astronomical Union (IAU) have submitted comments to the FCC opposing the plans. DarkSky International has published open letters to both SpaceX and Reflect Orbital calling for comprehensive environmental review, and the American Astronomical Society (AAS) has issued action alerts urging members of the public to file comments of their own. “These proposals would not only have a disastrous impact on the science of astronomy, they would also hinder the right of everybody on Earth to enjoy the night sky,” said Robert Massey, deputy executive director of the RAS, in a recent press release. ## Threats to astronomy According to the RAS, SpaceX’s proposed constellation would add thousands of naked-eye-visible satellites to the night sky, in some cases outnumbering visible stars. Reflect Orbital’s mirrors would each cast a beam roughly four times brighter than a full Moon, and the RAS estimates the constellation could make the night sky three to four times brighter. Satellite megaconstellations have already left their mark. Bright streaks from low-Earth-orbit satellites are an increasingly common problem for ground-based observatories, particularly wide-field instruments. And the situation is set to worsen. If SpaceX launches its new constellation, the RAS predicts satellite trails could obscure up to 10% of data captured by the ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT). A December 2025 study in _Nature_ found the damage also extends to space telescopes. According to the study, if all the constellations proposed at that time were completed, one-third of Hubble Space Telescope images would be contaminated, and more than 96% of exposures from future space observatories like NASA’s SPHEREx would be affected. ## Environmental impact Artificial light at night is already a well-documented problem for wildlife — research compiled by DarkSky International shows it disorients migratory birds, disrupts insect pollination, and upends predator-prey relationships. Permanently brightening the night sky will only make matters worse. While the long-term effects of these changes are yet to be fully understood, the RAS warns that the proposals have the potential to collapse nocturnal ecosystems. Because of the interdependence between species, disruptions to nocturnal species may impact day-active animals too. The visible light the constellations will reflect is just one part of a much broader environmental impact. Because rocket launches deposit black carbon into the stratosphere, the satellites themselves also carry an environmental cost. Connor Barker, an atmospheric researcher at University College London, tells _Astronomy_ , these emissions are roughly 500 times more effective at warming than the same particles released at the surface. Reentering satellites are depositing enough aluminum into the upper atmosphere to rival the contribution from natural meteors. “The space industry right now is basically an uncontrolled and untested geoengineering experiment,” Barker says. ## A regulatory gap One reason these proposals face so little environmental scrutiny is a regulatory gap at the FCC. In 1986, the commission established a categorical exclusion for satellite licensing under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), effectively exempting launches from environmental review. Under NEPA, an agency can override such an exclusion if it identifies an “extraordinary circumstance” — a situation where the environmental impact may be significant enough to warrant a closer look. But a 2022 Government Accountability Office (GAO) report found the FCC never revisited whether its exclusion should apply to modern megaconstellations. The GAO recommended the agency review whether the exclusion is still appropriate, establish a timeline for periodic reassessment, and clearly define what would qualify as an extraordinary circumstance. Andrew Von Ah, a director in the GAO’s Physical Infrastructure team, tells _Astronomy_ the FCC agreed with those recommendations but has not acted on them. Ultimately, astronomers worry that these changes would create irreversible damage to one of humanity’s most precious resources. “The stars above us are a valued part of human heritage,” Massey said. “Deploying more than 1 million exceptionally bright satellites would utterly destroy this.”

New satellite constellations could ruin the night sky, astronomers warn Astronomy advocacy groups are ringing alarm bells about two proposed satellite constellations, warning that they threaten to ...

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Orbital Dogfights and Disposable Warbirds: Inside the Pentagon’s Bet on Combat Satellites True Anomaly is building expendable, maneuverable combat satellites for the Pentagon, designed for aggres...

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Fake data and new names: How Iranian tankers are getting out of the Persian Gulf Changing flags, creating new names, and faking their GPS data, ABC NEWS Verify investigates how Iranian-linked oil tankers continue to export oil during the war. #satellites #unrest #conflict #war

Changing flags, creating new names, and faking their GPS data, ABC NEWS Verify investigates how Iranian-linked oil tankers continue to export oil during the war. #satellites #unrest #conflict #war

Britain’s £1 billion blind spot: How satellite sabotage could halt life as we know it | LBC Britain is vulnerable to foreign sabotage of key satellite systems that underpin everything from mobile phones to banking.

1/…This is a potential problem that would create chaos for Britain. We’ve become too reliant on technology & satellites systems. We don’t even have landlines anymore.

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Une constellation de satellites controversée promet d’éclairer la Terre pendant la nuit

> Fondée en 2021, la compagnie Reflect Orbital prévoit l’installation, dans l’orbite terrestre, de dizaines de milliers de satellites équipés de miroirs, pour éclairer les faces de la Terre plongée dans la […]