SpaceX's Starlink satellites are already messing with astronomical research but there are thousands more planned

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SpaceX's Starlink satellites are already messing with astronomical research but there are thousands more planned
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Astronomers warned that SpaceX's Starlink satellites could majorly jeopardise astronomical research.

Elon Musk's commercial space firm SpaceX has a project called Starlink whose aim is to launch up to 42,000 satellites into orbit to provide global high-speed internet. There are only 120 Starlink satellites currently in orbit, but they have already started to become a problem for astronomical observatories, leaving bright streaks across their images and obscuring the stars. Astronomers already warned the bright satellites could majorly jeopardize astronomical research.

Elon Musk's commercial space firm SpaceX has a project called Starlink whose aim is to launch up to 42,000 satellites into orbit to provide global high-speed internet. There are only 120 Starlink satellites currently in orbit, but they have already started to become a problem for astronomical observatories, leaving bright streaks across their images and obscuring the stars. Astronomers already warned the bright satellites could majorly jeopardize astronomical research.

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