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Starlink already threatens optical astronomy. Now, radio astronomers are worried – Science Magazine
Analysis from Square Kilometre Array suggests satellite megaconstellations could upset views of molecules in space
Companies hope to put tens of thousands of communications satellites in orbit. They could harm not just optical, but radio astronomy.
ESA-Science Office
By Daniel CleryOct. 9, 2020 , 2:25 PM
The 197 radio astronomy dishes of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) in South Africa will sit within a radio-quiet zone the size of Pennsylvania where even a cellphone is forbidden, to preserve the arrays views of the heavens. Yet that precaution wont save the telescope, due to be completed in the late 202…
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