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Starlink and astronomy

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SpaceX's Starlink constellation is currently a network of 120+ satellites and which, in the next decade, will expand to 10,000+ to provide low-cost internet from space around the world. Astronomer…

Playing the devil's advocate on Starlink

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Op-eds Science Challakere science city Elon Musk environmentalism India-based Neutrino Observatory ISRO Kulasekarapattinam low-cost internet Mauna Kea mega-constellation non-rivalry Outer Space Treaty satellite constellation space-based internet SpaceX Starlink Sterlite Thirty Meter Telescope Thoothukudi

After SpaceX began to launch its Starlink satellite constellation to facilitate global internet coverage, astronomers began complaining that the satellites are likely to interfere with stargazing sche…