When I was a child in the 1970s, seeing satellites pass overhead in the night sky was a rare event. Now, it is commonplace; sit outside for a few minutes after dark, and you can’t miss them. Thousands of satellites have been launched into Earth orbit over the past decade or so, with tens of ...
From the broadcasting of major events to tracking major developments on the planet and in the atmosphere, satellites launched by various countries benefit the human population in many ways. However, few are aware that these satellites are also causing light pollution. Results of a new study show that the satellites placed in orbit around the ...
When it comes to launching satellites designed to orbit the Earth, there are three potential destinations. These orbits, dubbed low, medium, and geosynchronous Earth orbits, or LEO (low Earth orbit), MEO (middle Earth orbit), and GEO (geosynchronous equatorial orbit), respectively, all exist within a specific height window above the planet’s surface. What is the difference ...
On May 23, SpaceX launched 60 satellites into space. A part of the Starlink project, these are the first batch of a proposed 12,000 that the company plans on deploying in Earth’s orbit to give wireless broadband Internet access to the entire world. However, astronomers are not happy about the project and are accusing Musk’s ...
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