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Night Sky at Risk: SpaceX Plans a Million Orbital Data Centers

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Source: Futurism
Night Sky at Risk: SpaceX Plans a Million Orbital Data Centers
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Astronomers warn SpaceX’s FCC filing to deploy up to one million additional satellites for orbital data centers could keep satellites in sunlight at midnight and increase atmospheric pollutants if they deorbit, jeopardizing ground-based astronomy. Regulators are fast-tracking environmental reviews amid opposition from astronomers and Amazon as the company expands its Starlink megaconstellation.

Topics:sciencetechnology#astronomy#environmental-impact#orbital-data-centers#spacex#starlink#technology
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