mo4ch:>More satellites than stars? SpaceX could ruin night sky as we know it, astronomers worry | Mo4ch News
A SpaceX launch of 60 highly-reflective satellites has focused astronomers’ concerns on the overpopulation of Earth’s orbit, with thousands of broadband-beaming devices due to launch in coming years, threatening celestial views.While SpaceX didn’t cause the problem – there are already 2,100 active satellites in Earth’s orbit, according to the Satellite Industry Association – the launch this weekend did crystallize it. Footage shot by a Netherlands astronomer showed the 60 satellites far outshining the stars around them as they climbed toward their eventual position at 550km altitude. SpaceX hopes to one day have 12,000 satellites orbiting the planet, beaming all the high-speed internet humanity could ever want – and it is only one of several companies eyeing the satellite internet sector.Also on rt.comSpaceX sues US Air Force for awarding lucrative contracts to 'paper rocket' builders like Bezos“If many of the satellites in these new mega-constellations had that kind of steady…