Dear MEL Topic Readers,
Satellite pollution is threatening to alter our view of the night sky
As covered in Vol.3651-4/10/2022, over 2,000 Starlink satellites by Space X are orbiting Earth. The company is launching 42,000 more to create its mega-constellation of broadband connections. Also, Amazon has recently inked a contract to launch more than 3,000 satellites to provide internet service across the globe. With other satellites that are already orbiting or soon to be deployed, there will be more than 50,000 manmade satellites around Earth. Sounds like the sky is going to be jammed by satellites. It is predicted that one in every 15 points of light in the night sky is going to be a moving satellite within a decade. While those satellites will provide internet access at any place on Earth, they will be a problem for astronomers as they interfere with the observation. Traffic jams, collisions, and light emissions are increasing in space. The earth is surely in the process of becoming more congested and polluted.
Enjoy reading the article and learning about this ongoing astronomical revolution.
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/04/04/world/satellite-pollution-night-sky-view-scn/index.html
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